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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:27:44 -0800
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Ptr to video memory when in pmode and using a Linear Frame Buffer
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V01D wrote:
> 
> I got super frusterated with this ... i heres my simple line that works
> for everyone else but not me ...
> 
> unsigned char* vidmem;
> 
> vidmem=(unsigned char*) (vbeinfo.physbaseptr+__djgpp_conventional_base);
> 
> vbeinfo is a structure with all the vbe info .. previously retrived, i
> am sure of the correct data because i can do a get info command and
> retrive all the right values from it ..
> 
> whenever i try doing vidmem[x+y*xlen] = color; it crashes on me error
> code 255 ..
> im not sure what im doing wrong anymore .. iv looked at other code that
> iv written eirlier, and i cant see any differences :( iv looked at other
> peoples code, and still no differences ... i am loading
> __djgpp_nearptr_enable(); and ending with __djgpp_nearptr_disable(); ...

You do check that this function succeeds, right?
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com