From:	Elliott Oti <e DOT oti AT stud DOT warande DOT ruu DOT nl>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Disabling Protected Mode
Date:	Mon, 30 Dec 1996 07:24:01 -0800
Organization:	Academic Computer Centre Utrecht, (ACCU)
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John Savage wrote:
> 
> I heard there was some way to disable protected mode in DJGPP...
> what I really want to do is be able to access video RAM directly.
>  Is this possible?
>

#include <sys/nearptr.h>

void foo()
{
 char *VidPtr;
__djgpp_nearptr_enable();
VidPtr = (char *)(0xa0000 + __djgpp_conventional_base);

// Do whatchalike

__djgpp_nearptr_disable();

}

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