Date:	Wed, 4 Dec 1996 08:24:12 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Thomas Harte <T DOT Harte AT btinternet DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: unsigned char *far : problems
In-Reply-To:	<01bbe146$95359e20$582449c2@default>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.961204082203.5804E-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On 3 Dec 1996, Thomas Harte wrote:

> unsigned char far *videobuf = (char far *)0xA0000000L;
> unsigned int far *videobufw = (int far *)0xA0000000L;
> 
> as you can probably guess from the variable names, these are vital to the
> screen update, so please help me. I am probably just missing something
> really obvious, but I keep getting the error 'parse failed at line x : *'
> and so on. HELP PLEASE!

You are missing the DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq202b.zip from the same place 
you got DJGPP).  Get it and read sections 10.2 and 18.4 (and probably the 
rest of Chapter 18 too).  This issue is much too complicated to answer in 
here.

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