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From: jojaste AT calum DOT csclub DOT uwaterloo DOT ca (James Ojaste)
Subject: Re: Video Question Part II
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Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 17:29:07 GMT
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In article <DCnH4E DOT 1H6 AT agora DOT rdrop DOT com>,
Steve Havelka <shavelk AT agora DOT rdrop DOT com> wrote:
>Ok, someone directed me to sys/farptr.h as the solution
>to the 0xd0000000-under-DPMI problem.  I decided to
>give it a shot, but it fails too.  It GPFs on the
>access to 0xa0000 and 0xb8000.  I'd really like to be

What functions are you calling, and how are you calling them?
They really do work as documented...

>able to directly manipulate the text screen in DJGPP,
>but I can't directly do it, nor is it mapped anywhere.

Well, using sys/farptr.h I'm working on a graphics library with
direct access so I know it works.  What code are you trying
to use?

James

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