Date:	Thu, 20 Apr 1995 12:21 BSC (-0300 C)
From:	KM5M AT C53000 DOT PETROBRAS DOT ANRJ DOT BR
Subject:	DJGPP
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
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Recently I bougth DJGPP C Compiler but I have a doubt about how to access
MS-DOS's conventional memory space when I am running a program in protected
mode, under MS-DOS.
Basicaly, I would like to access the Video RAM memory addresses (0xb8000).
When I am programing in 16bit code in real mode, I can access directly
this address like this:

(Variable declaration)
char far *VIDEO_RAM_POINTER = (char far *) 0xb8000;

Now to access directly and quickly this address, I only need to make
the operations with the pointer I have just created.
Example: *VIDEO_RAM_POINTER='A';

I would like to create the respective 32bit linear memory pointer to
point to the Video RAM, using DJGPP.

Question 1:

To declare a 16bit real mode pointer and assign a value to it,
I proceed like this:
char far *VIDEO_RAM_POINTER = (char far *) 0xb8000;
*VIDEO_RAM_POINTER='A';

Now, How can I declare a 32bit linear memory pointer to point to the
0xb8000 MS-DOS's conventional address and assign a value to it in
DJGPP sintax?

Question 2:

I would like to get the source of the dosmemget() and dosmemput()
functions. Where can I get them?

Best Regards and thank you,

Josue' Forte.


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