From: Martynas Kunigelis <martynas AT nm3 DOT ktu DOT lt>
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Subject: Re: Geting 8x8 text from rom?
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 13:52:33 +0200
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Matthew wrote:
> 
> Im rather new to DJGPP so please excuse my ignorance here
> 
> I would like to know how I would use farnspeekb for the following address.
> 0xF000FA6E which contains the 8x8 font for mode 13h in rom. The only
  ^^^^^^^^^^

Wrong! It's F000:FA6E in 8086 segmented addressing notation. Please
note, that this is _very_ different from 0xF000FA6E. The linear address
for F000:FA6E is 0xFFA6E.

> example close to farnspeekb I can find is for writing to the screen
> ie  _farnspokeb(0xA0000 + line_offset, color);
> Im used to writing 0xA0000000 for the screen address!

How so? The VGA framebuffer is at A000:0000, while 0xA0000000 is 
somewhere above 2GB in the address space!

> How do I write the adress 0xF000FA6E for use with farnspeekb?
You write F000:FA6E as 0xFFA6E.

Martynas