From:	Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Need help loading BIOS fonts...
Date:	Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:19:20 +0000
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"Darryl Gates" <gatesjd AT cadvision DOT com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to load the BIOS fonts (which I've been told are at 0xffa6e) into
> an array of my own so that they can be drawn to the screen in graphics mode
> (I'm using mode 105h). Anyway, I have no problem doing this when I use
> __djgpp_nearptr_enable(), but I want to be able to do it with _farpeekb(). I
> try setting my segment base address to 0xffa6e and then copying them over,
> but it doesn't seem to be working. Here is my chunk of code that I'm using.
> I've tried to search this ng and look through the FAQ, and I still haven't
> got it right. Any help or insight into what I'm doing wrong would be greatly
> appreciated...

[snip code with near ptrs]

I can't tell what is wrong with your code but you should know that you
could do this without resorting to near pointers.

The FAQ tells how to allocate a transfer buffer in conventional
memory, which you could then use to save/load the font data.  DJGPP
uses this technique in conio.c to achieve a 30 line text mode display,
the source code is free for inspection if you want an example of how
it can be done.

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