Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 11:16:59 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Pascal Massimino <massimin AT aviso DOT ens DOT fr>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP binaries obsolete for dosemu 0.66? (correction)
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On 4 Jun 1997, Pascal Massimino wrote:

> 	 * why is _djgpp_conventional_base value so high !? 
> 	I used to deprotect (_djgpp_nearptr_enable()) all 
> 	memory to access VIDEO ram, but under DOSemu, the kernel
> 	won't let me... So I used my own allocated segment, but
> 	that's painful a coding :)

This has nothing to do with the valeu of `__djgpp_conventional_base',
high or low.  It's just that DOSEmu won't let you use the hack that
enables near pointers, because it effectively disables memory
protection.  This is clearly explained in the DJGPP FAQ list (section
18.6).