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From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Message-Id: <199607192348.AA121530103@relay1.geis.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 23:34:00 UTC 0000
To: rettamitna AT aol DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Mime-Version: 1.0
Subject: Re: Can't get asm code workin

Reply to message 9153862    from RETTAMITNA AT AO on 07/19/96  4:59AM


>    "movl $7, %eax\n\t"
>    "xorl %ecx, %ecx\n\t"
>    "movl $0xA000, %edx\n\t"    //VGA seg

Please read the FAQ, section 10.2.  It explains why this is illegal under
DPMI.  You cannot just access any absolute address when running
in protected mode; that's what "protected" is all about.

John

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