From: Elliott Oti <e DOT oti AT stud DOT warande DOT ruu DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Direct access to VGA memory
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 11:52:46 -0700
Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht, (ACCU)
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To: B Hodge <bhodge AT gpu5 DOT srv DOT ualberta DOT ca>
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B Hodge screamed in despair:
> 
> I recal someone discussing it a few weeks ago on the mailing list, but
> what is the way to access the VGA memory directly using a pointer and not
> the _farpoke and _farpeek commands?

#include <sys/nearptr.h> // gotta include this

void main()
{

char *screen;  // this is gonna grow up into a pointer to display memory
__djgpp_nearptr_enable();    // turn off memory protection

screen = (char *)(0xa0000 + __djgpp_conventional_base);  // set screen to video 
                                                         // memory base

/* Do whatever ya want with screen here */


__djgpp_nearptr_disable();    // turn memory protection back on
}