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From:	jstuart AT iastate DOT edu (Joshua D Stuart)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Memory in real mode and protected mode?
Date:	4 Mar 96 04:42:24 GMT
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In <jstuart DOT 825876257 AT isua2 DOT iastate DOT edu> jstuart AT iastate DOT edu (Joshua D Stuart) writes:

>  I just got djgpp, and I'm trying to learn the diffrences between real
>mode and protected mode.  Is there any way to allocate a block of memory
>that is both in real mode and protected mode?  I need to have a real
>mode function put some stuff in a buffer that my protected mode
>procedure can access.  I've been looking at the function
>__dpmi_allocate_shared_memory but I don't see how this function works.
>Is this the right function, or am I going about this all wrong?

  Never mind.  I found a way to do this, I think.  
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