From:	Sinan_Unur AT mail DOT com (A. Sinan Unur)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DPMI problem
Date:	29 Jun 2001 08:13:33 -0700
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"Matt" <para AT tampabay DOT rr DOT com> wrote in message news:<bwS_6.65731$_T2 DOT 17269145 AT typhoon DOT tampabay DOT rr DOT com>...
> I have a game which accesses VGA memory (A000:0000) directly. In 16-bit
> mode, that's ok, but to get it to run under DJGPP I either have to rewrite
> the thing or map VGA memory to linear memory. There is a function to do
> that, but I can only do it with a DPMI 1.0 server.

it is really straightforward to use the farptr and movedata functions
to access video memory.

for an example, you can take a look at:

http://www.unur.com/comp/c-examples.html.

There is really no overhead to using these functions.

Sinan.

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