Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 08:04:39 +0000 (   )
From: "Gurunandan R. Bhat" <grbhat AT unigoa DOT ernet DOT in>
To: Egg brains <eggbrains AT aol DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [Q] Using __DPMI_SET_DESCRIPTOR...
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On 7 Aug 1997, Egg brains wrote:

> i got this code (not mine)...
> it is supposed to access 64KB of text-mode video memory at `0xB800:0000',
> (courtesy of Bill Currie)
 
[code from faq snipped]

> i can't fugure out how to set up my own ram editor thingy... like
> how he got  64 and/or B800:0000 out of the numbers he used in his
> selectorData... i tried convertying them to decimal and binary, but still
> can't get it...

the selectorData[] actually simulates a bit pattern corresponding to the 
different fields in the descriptor. check the libc documentation for the 
function __dpmi_set_descriptor(...) for details of this bit pattern and 
the meaning of the various fields. if you still have a problem mail me, 
i'll send you some notes on this.

hth.