From: krizz <krizz AT mailto DOT de>
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Subject: Re: How to write to far pointer directly
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 01:14:34 +0100
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ex. for the vga addr.

char *video;
__djgpp_nearptr_enable();
video=(char*) (__djgpp_conventional_base+0xa0000);


K. Chung wrote:

> Hi,
>         Does anyone how to write to the far pointer address directly
> without using the _farpoke function group or hacking it to near pointer?