From: Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Djgpp Graphics Programming -  far vs near pointer
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:03:21 -0800
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Louis Antoine wrote:
[...]
> (1). Will disabling memory protection affect my operating system which is
> running in protected mode? ( Windows 95, OS/2, etc. )
I don't think so. But if you disable the protected mode in a DJGPP
program [when] or [if] it crashes, instead of all those beautiful
tracebacks, you system (especially windoze) might blow up.
 
> (2). Is there an alternative method to accessing the video memory with the
> speed of the near pointer but without disabling memory protection?
I'm using allegro.It's pretty good. 
> 
>                                         Thanks To Anyone Who Responds.

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