From: firewind <firewind AT metroid DOT dyn DOT ml DOT org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: How fast is DJGPP?
Date: 20 Aug 1997 02:29:46 GMT
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Vic <tudor AT cam DOT org> wrote:
> I think that the nearpointer enable stuff was added to DJGPP as a
> request of Id (or is it far pointer?it's the thing where you disable
> memory protection and write to the screen directly). 

No, the "near pointer enable" macro is just a simple way of enabling the
venerable Fat DS hack, which existed long, long before Quake.

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