Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 19:03:03 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Aaron m Clemmer <aclemmer AT juno DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: pmode selectors
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On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Aaron m Clemmer wrote:

> 	How do you get the protected mode selector and offset of __tb, or
> any buffer in conventional memory?  I thought you could just use the
> address of __tb as a selector, and leave the offset as 0, but that just
> GPFed...

The address of __tb is a real-mode seg:off address, that's why it GPFed 
on you.

> I tried looking in the faq, but it wasn't very clear about
> anything but getting rmode segs and offs...

What's wrong with using seg:off way and call dosmemget/dosmemput and all 
the other functions discussed in the FAQ?  Why do you at all need the 
selector?