Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:05:51 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Pmklaus <pmklaus AT aol DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Direct video access in DJGPP in pmode???
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On 17 Sep 1997, Pmklaus wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone knows how write directly to the VGA
> memory from DJGPP without losing protected mode?  If it's not possible,
> can you write to video and still access huge memory chunks?

The DJGPP FAQ list discusses these issues at length.  Please download the 
file v2/faq210b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP and read sections 
10.2 and 18.4 there.