From: "Elias Pschernig" <f DOT x DOT gruber-museum-arnsdorf AT magnet DOT at>
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Subject: Re: HELP: VESA Mapping Linear frame buffer in inline assembler
Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 19:16:41 +0200
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Rob van Berkel wrote in message <6iunh0$1ev AT news DOT euro DOT net>...
>I guess you should first allocate a descriptor. Maybe this examplecode I
use
>helps...
>
>..
I use another attempt, with the __djgpp_enable_nearptr() call.
This way I have direct access to the VESA-MEM, like i can
access normal mem allocated with malloc();
However, all people who know about DPMI tell me its a bad idea
to use near pointers.
If you want see the code, write me.

Elias Pschernig