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From: | hotpulp AT netidea DOT com |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: DPMI Question |
Date: | 20 Dec 1996 02:06:40 GMT |
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DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > On 18 Dec 1996, Guido Pinkas wrote: > > > What does this DPMI_lock_memory - Function do,I found in some > > sample-programs ?? > > It causes the specified region of memory to never be swapped out of > memory by the virtual memory mechanism. When would I want to lock data or code? Just when I need to rely on something always being there? could I lock the video buffer?
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