Date:	Wed, 16 Oct 1996 13:18:40 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
Cc:	"Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Another way to access VGA memory
In-Reply-To:	<326437D3.5B3F@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Message-Id:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.961016131559.22412F-100000@is>
Mime-Version:	1.0

On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Leath Muller wrote:

> Using near pointers, you never have to worry about that. And I have
> never written a program where the __djgpp_conventional_base changes... 
> could someone explain to me a situation where it does? I have never
> encountered this when only running my application (I do just about 
> everything under Win95 too... :)

It can only change when you call certain library functions, and even then 
it depends on the DPMI provider.  The FAQ has some more on this issue in 
section 18.6.

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