Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/02/19/21:18:09
From: | Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org>
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Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: | Re: Djgpp Graphics Programming - far vs near pointer
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Date: | Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:03:21 -0800
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Organization: | Communications Accesibles Montreal
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Message-ID: | <330A4349.46C5@cam.org>
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Reply-To: | tudor AT cam DOT org
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To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Louis Antoine wrote:
[...]
> (1). Will disabling memory protection affect my operating system which is
> running in protected mode? ( Windows 95, OS/2, etc. )
I don't think so. But if you disable the protected mode in a DJGPP
program [when] or [if] it crashes, instead of all those beautiful
tracebacks, you system (especially windoze) might blow up.
> (2). Is there an alternative method to accessing the video memory with the
> speed of the near pointer but without disabling memory protection?
I'm using allegro.It's pretty good.
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> Thanks To Anyone Who Responds.
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