From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problem with following code
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 17:00:37 -0400
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Michael Stewart wrote:

> >This whole thing is an unnecessarily complex way to plot a pixel,
> >though. You could rewrite it much more simply as:
> >
> >   _farpokeb(_dos_ds, 0xA0000+offset, color);
>
> Or for maximum speed, enable near pointers (be careful, enabling near
> pointers switches off _ALL_ memory protection in the DOS area!)

    Also, it will not work in WindowsNT (or 2000).
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