Date:	Wed, 8 Jul 1998 19:26:33 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Mark Bidewell <mbbs AT voicenet DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: GNU pointers
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On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Mark Bidewell wrote:

> Does GNU have a way to synthesize pointer addresses (segment : offset) for
> their component parts?

The GNU (DJGPP, actually) pointers don't have a segment and an offset, so 
you can't.

If you need this to call real-mode DOS/BIOS services which need pointers 
passed in registers, read sections 18.2 and 18.4 in the DJGPP FAQ list.

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