From:	brennan AT mack DOT rt66 DOT com (Brennan "The Rev. Bas" Underwood)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: ROM character set location
Date:	22 Nov 1996 04:11:39 -0700
Organization:	Rasterfari
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In article <01bbd3d6$70e15be0$0100007f AT hiway DOT co DOT uk DOT hiway DOT co DOT uk>,
Mark Gilbert <mark DOT gilbert AT pop3 DOT hiway DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>
>Does anyone know the location of the ROM character set when using the
>__djgpp_conventional_base offset?
>
>It's (char far *)0xF000FA6EL when in 16bit real mode.
>
>Is there a general way of converting base pointers from real mode to DJGPP?
>

fontgrab.c:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int main(void) {
  char fonto[256*8];

  dosmemget(0xffa6e, 256*8, fonto);

  setmode(fileno(stdout), O_BINARY);
  fwrite(fonto, 256, 8, stdout);
  exit(0);
}

fontgrab > 8x8.fnt


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