Message-ID: <334BD22E.53A3@cs.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 10:30:22 -0700
From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Reply-To: fighteer AT cs DOT com
Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
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To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: A beginner question ...
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > To use near pointers, you simply set the global ds selector to -1
> 
> Close.  Set the *size* of the segment to -1.  I think the enable
> function does this for you.

Thanks.  I have always used the nearptr functions and didn't remember
exactly what they accomplished.  ;)

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John M. Aldrich <fighteer AT cs DOT com>                      

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