Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 14:27:08 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Arthur <arfa AT clara DOT net>
cc: DJGPP Mailing List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: DPMI
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On Sat, 16 May 1998, Arthur wrote:

> I cannot find a good description of DPMI anywhere - I've looked in the faqs,
> the website, everywhere.

The DJGPP FAQ has several URLs in section 22.4; did you try those?

> The problem is that there are all these far pointers and such: is there not
> a way in which you can access any part of the memory directly?

Please read sections 18.4, 18.6 and 18.7 of the FAQ.  They explain
this issue.