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From: "Anthony Graham" <E_MAIL_Anthony AT FonzyCo DOT co DOT uk>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: A VESA Question
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:57:54 -0000
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

thanks anyway, the reason was the code i'm doing is for a school project and
i really should understand what it's doing and i dont get how dpmi works

- Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Prashant TR" <tr AT midpec DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: A VESA Question


> "Anthony Graham" <News_Anthony AT Fonzyco DOT co DOT uk> proclaimed:
>
> > Is it possible to get Vesa mode info without DMPI or far pointers? I'm
> > trying not to use these.
>
> You have to use this. You have no other choice. Anyway, I don't understand
why
> you need to do such a thing. What prevents you from using far pointers? As
> far as DPMI is concerned, you can't avoid that. It's always there, at
least,
> as long as your program is executing.
>
> > I went on the dj delorie site and got their vesa
> > source and tried to convert it (stop using dpmi and use int386/int386x)
>
> You shouldn't use int386. It's *not* for calling normal (real mode)
interrupts.
> Are you talking of a 16-bit source code that can give you this info?