From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:27:54 -0400
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Subject: Re: djgpp: djgpp/src/libc/posix/termios/tmwrite.c
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> The upshot of this is that you need to call a special function (see
> refreshvirtualscreen on conio.c) to signal DOS/V that it should update
> the actual screen from its virtual contents at 0xb800 or wherever.

Thanks. I'll check it out.
 
> Since the above code cares about the video buffer address, maybe it
> needs that code as well?  

Color support requires direct video access, so from your description it 
probaby does.

> Also, why did you need your own code to figure out the address of the
> primary screen?  The _go32_info_block variable already has it, ready
> to be used.

I didn't know.

Mark