From:	"Sérgio Vale e Pace" <space AT gold DOT com DOT br>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Mapping
Date:	Thu, 05 Feb 1998 19:13:59 -0200
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Hello out there...

    This is probably a silly question, but can somebody explain me what
exactly is the physical mapping process and why it is needed (e.g.
linear frame buffer)? I mean, if in linear memory you have access to all
up memory why you need to map an area to use it?

Sérgio Vale e Pace

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