Date:	Mon, 21 Dec 1998 16:52:25 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Tim Czvetics <grunter AT tig DOT com DOT au>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Question from a beginner
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On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Tim Czvetics wrote:

> I am writing some code in which I use a pointer to an unsigned char, and I
> need to find the segment and offset of that pointer. How do I go about doing
> it?

You don't ;-).  Protected-mode pointers cannot be expressed as a segment 
and an offset, because your program puts data in extended memory, above 
1MB mark, while the real-mode segment:offset addresses can only address 
the first megabyte.

The DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq211b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP) 
explains in chapter 18 how to call real-mode services that require 
seg:off pointers to buffers.  Please read it.

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