From: "AndrewJ" <luminous-is AT home DOT com>
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Subject: Re: __dpmi_paddr and DJGPP pointers
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Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 14:11:39 GMT
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> > struct __dpmi_paddr dpaddr;
> > void *foozle = (void *)  &dpaddr;
>
> I don't think this is what the original poster wanted.  I think he
> wanted a way of converting the selector:offset32 pair into a pointer
> that can be dereferenced to get at the data at that address.

Well, I must admit I hadn't thought of that.  But if you look at the exact
wording of his question, I got the answer right. ;)

AndrewJ