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Subject: Re: Help with selectors and the far* functions.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 22:12:49 GMT
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In article <19990121192145 DOT 28141 DOT 00000528 AT ng-fv1 DOT aol DOT com>,
  mrtoddt AT aol DOT com (Mr Todd T) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have read the FAQ but I am still confused as to using selectors and
accessing
> video memory and the like.  Could anyone please give me a small sample program
> that would have to do with this?  I think that looking at the code would help
> me understand it.
> Thanks
> JT
>

I'm sure there is a way to do this entirely within DJGPP using __dpmi calls,
but if you don't mind playing with a little bit of assembly it may all come a
bit clearer.

Matt Mastracci wrote a tutorial on this subject with code examples from soup
to nuts that really works.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~mmastrac/files/djgppasm.html



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