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Subject: Re: BIOS video fails under XP?
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> From: David Winfrey <nospam DOT never AT example DOT com>
> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:22:47 -0000
> 
> OK, it works now.  I think the problem was in my abuse of
> the write-string-to-screen function, which wants a buffer
> address; once I changed this to a loop of write-char-to-screen,
> it worked.

The DJGPP FAQ explains in section 18.2 how to use buffers with
DOS/BIOS real-mode services.