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From: svincent AT zippy DOT sonoma DOT edu (Sam Vincent)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Using Grx 2.0
Date: 3 Dec 1995 16:25:26 GMT
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R. S. Patton (tmtr01 AT Gramercy DOT ios DOT com) wrote:
: Is it possible to directly access the screen using v2b3 and grx 2.0?
: If so, how?

The screen is at offset 0xa0000 in dos's conventional memory.  There's a
64k buffer there.  Using the farptr.h functions you can stick anything there
you want.. ;)  If you want anything more than 64k (i.e. svga modes) you'll
have to bank switch yourself.

-Sam

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