From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: VBE Mode List
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 19:20:55 +0000
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Adrian Francis writes:
>I have created a VBE interface in DJGPP but I am having problems with the 
>VideoModePtr, which is a pointer to a list of available video modes.
>
>I have read the VBE2.0 specification and it does not seem to state what sort of 
>pointer this is.  I have presumed that it is a real-mode far pointer but no 
>matter what I try I cannot get access to the list.

Yes, it is a real mode seg:offset pair. You need to split it up into two
parts, convert to a linear address (using the formula seg*16 + offset),
and then use the dosmemget() or _farpeekw() functions to retrieve the
contents of the list.

>Can anyone help?  A code snippet would be useful!

Look at the find_vesa_mode() function from the Allegro vesa.c file.


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