Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 17:40:52 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ross Boast <Rossa AT btinternet DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Help!
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On 4 Jul 1997, Ross Boast wrote:

> _fmemset (video_buffer,(char)3,SCREEN_WIDTH*SCREEN_HEIGHT+1);
> 
> i have defined these varibles and have allocated the mem (in 13h mode) i
> get :
> parse error before 'unsigned' 
> which is weird coz i has no unsigned things in there!

`_fmemset' is Borland- or Microsoft-specific function.  I'd guess that
you have it defined to something, and that something includes
`unsigned'.

>Also Why doesn't this
> line work under both C and C++?
> 
> char far *video_buffer = (char far)0xA0000000L;

Read section 10.2 of the DJGPP FAQ list.