From:	eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Problems adressing memory variable
Date:	14 Mar 2003 08:14:03 GMT
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Ken Jenkins (ken DOT jen AT adelphia DOT net) wrote:
: This program is supposed to print "Hello!" in gray letters on a blue
: background at screen position (10, 10).  However all I'm getting is the blue
: background with no text, 6 characters long.  Can anybody tell me what I'm
: doing wrong?

Yes. You are issuing a real mode interrupt in protected mode. You
aren't moving the values the real mode call need into conventional
memory. Read __dpmi_int and related FAQs.


Right,

						MartinS

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