From:	Fokkema DOT DBRA AT delorie DOT com, 1043730 <dfokkema AT cs DOT vu DOT nl>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	problem with far pointers
Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:51:17 GMT
Organization:	Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
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Hi there!

I'm new to djgpp and I'm trying to port my os (it's not finished yet) to c.
Well, I have a problem. I built a selector for the video memory and want to
write to the screen using this selector. How do I tell djgpp that I want to
use that specific selector? I tried using a far pointer, but was unable to
code something like:
	int far *pointer;
It gave an error message. Can someone help me with this?

Thanx in advance,

David

PS: Right now, the combination nasm/djgpp seems very much appropriate to me to
    write an os.

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