Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 19:50:38 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nick Bull <nick AT imat DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Calling Software interrupts
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On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Nick Bull wrote:

> I've allocated the memory with __dpmi_allocate_dos_memory.  I've now got a
> pointer to the segment (I assume that's what is returned).

No, you've got the segment itself, not the pointer to it.

> So now I'm
> trying to put this into an element of the structure that is expecting a char
> far *.  I'm really confused about this.

DJGPP doesn't support a char far *.  Please post the code fragment where 
you need to use the DOS memory, and explain what are you trying to 
achieve.