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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:08:52 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Erik Rodriguez Ruiz <erodriguez AT abits DOT com DOT mx>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Problem with __djgpp_nearptr_enable()
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On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Erik Rodriguez Ruiz wrote:

> I want to access video memory to make some graphics, i don't have the
> problem with Win95 but with every NT machine is the same problem.

The DJGPP FAQ explains in section 18.6 that the nearptr method doesn't
work on NT.  If you want your program to work on NT, you will have to
scrap nearptrs and do it in a different way (check out section 18.4 of
the FAQ for some alternatives).

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