From: "Chris A. Triebel" <cat AT sun4 DOT iol DOT unh DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Far Pointers (VRAM 0xA0000)
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 18:34:29 -0400
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On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Caltoi wrote:

> Date: Sat, 19 OCT 1996 10:39:34 GMT 
> From: Caltoi <rowe AT epix DOT net>
> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
> Newgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Subject: Far Pointers (VRAM 0xA0000) 
> 
> How do I set a pixel onto the screen in djgpp. All my programs have been
> reduced to using the interupt request to set a pixel :( --really
> sloooow.
> 
> Also, I'd like to know if there are any functions that wait for vertical
> re-trace that I could see.
> 
> thanks
> --
> Caltoi
> rowe AT epix DOT net
> http://www.epix.net/~rowe
> 
> 
This may not be what you want but you can check out allegro to see how 
Shawn Hargreaves did it.  The library is very fast.

cat