Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 04:16:27 +0100 (BST)
From: George Foot <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Problem with __djgpp_nearptr_enable()
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On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> Erik Rodriguez Ruiz wrote:
> > I want to access video memory to make some graphics, i don't have the
> > problem with Win95 but with every NT machine is the same problem.
> 
> Your pointer has to be set to 0xA0000 (note number of 0's), since it's a
> linear address.  There may be other problems, I did not look closely.

I didn't see the original message, but doesn't
__djgpp_nearptr_enable always fail on NT?  Make sure you're
checking the return value.

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