From: "Mete Ciragan" <mete AT swix DOT ch>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Why doesn't my program run correctly?
Date: 7 Sep 1997 23:03:34 GMT
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> Why doesn't my program run correctly?
> What's wrong ?

You have to far peek the bytes.

int i = 0;
unsigned char str[256];
unsigned long addr = RM_TO_LINEAR(vesa_info.OEMStringPtr);

_farsetsel(_dos_ds);
while ((str[i++] = _farnspeekb(addr++)) != 0);

Hmm, hope this works, ... Mete.
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