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Date:	Sat, 17 Jul 1999 12:58:21 -0700
From:	Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: double buffering prob. in 13h mode.
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Mark wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I got this snippet from the DJGPP FAQ using short screen =
> __dpmi_segment_to_descriptor(0xa000) and the movedata() function.
> 
> I tried to implement it in a simple program. But it gives me garbage on the
> screen. A sreen full of ramdom colored pixels while it suppose to put just
> a single vertical red line on the screen.
> Can anyone help me out here ?
> (See below for the source)

Your malloced buffer is filled with random bytes when you first allocate
it.  You probably want to do

memset(double_buffer, 0, 320 * 200);

before drawing.

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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com

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