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From: Mark Spadoni <spadoni AT wolfenet DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: buffer -> screen transfers
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 09:40:57 GMT
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On Mon, 05 Aug 1996 13:12:35 -0600, John Meilleur
<meilleuj AT cadvision DOT com> wrote:

>  _farsetsel(video_ds);
>  for (i=0;i<640*480;i++)
>    _farnspokeb(i,screen[i]);	

Also, you can improve the speed on this by disabling the memory
protection and assigning a pointer directly to video memory.  Here's a
sample fragment...

#include <sys/nearptr.h>

void main()
{
   char *video;

   __djgpp_nearptr_enable();
   video = (char *) __djgpp_conventional_base + 0xA0000;

   video[0] = 15;

   etc....

I haven't had much time to mess with VESA programming so maybe someone
else can say if there are any problems with this when you do bank
switching.  Also, remember that this disables all memory protection,
so use __djgpp_nearptr_disable() when you are done with your video
manipulation.  The video pointer must be reassigned if you disable,
and then re-enable memory protection.  The enable / disables are slow,
though, so use them sparingly.

Mark Spadoni