From: leutzdave AT my-dejanews DOT com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: djgpp and near pointer
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 04:08:30 GMT
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In article <359B9653 DOT 7A5770D7 AT compmore DOT net>,
  St Denis Family <stdenis AT compmore DOT net> wrote:
>
> Ok can someone give me the low-down on near pointers?  How to set them
> up and use them?
>
> btw, please copy your reply to 'stdenis AT compmore DOT net' as I will not ahve
> newsgroup access for a bit....
>
> tom
>
>

DJGPP is 32-bit and uses 32-bit near pointers of 4 bytes length to address 4G
memory.  All pointers are thus near pointers in DJGPP.	There are, however,
functions that allow addressing 16-bit far pointers.  Read the documention
that comes with DJGPP for their usuage; /DJGPP/INCLUDE/LIBC/Farptrgs.h and
DJGPP/FAQ/Djgppfaq.txt

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