Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:48:51 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	rbarbosa AT my-dejanews DOT com
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Memory problem
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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 rbarbosa AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:

> My
> question is this, is there any way to dump a value (x) into (n) contiguous
> memory locations starting at a given address (a).  I know memset(a, x, n)
> will do this, but memset() doesn't allow me to access protected space (like
> video RAM and such).

There's no such function in the library.  Either write your own using
_farnspokeX family, or use memset to fill a buffer, then blit that
buffer to video RAM (or wherever you want it) with dosmemput.

You can also call __djgpp_nearptr_enable and then use memset with any
address, but this desables memory protection and won't work on NT, so
I don't recommend it.

Section 18.4 of the DJGPP FAQ list might provide additional insight on
related issues.

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