From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: reel mode
Organization: Pin Eight Software  http://pineight.8m.com/
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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 22:18:31 GMT
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:32:05 GMT, "Etienne"
<etienne DOT baudin AT wanadoo DOT fr> wrote:

>Hello,
>I'd only like to know how to enter in reel mode with this compiler
>       My (very very) little prog in C with asm crash when I try to put a
>big value in "es" reg
>Why?

DJGPP's memory model is similar to real-mode compilers' "tiny" model
in that it assumes that CS == DS == ES.  See chapter 17 of the DJGPP
FAQ list for more information.  Try translating your 'es' accesses
into _dos_ds accesses:
C:\>info libc a _far

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