From: werewolf AT stad DOT dsl DOT nl (Shadow Seeker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Writing directly to video RAM
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 14:22:28 GMT
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On Thu, 13 May 1999 18:08:22 +0200, "Mark Usher" <marku AT magnet DOT at>
wrote:

>
>> The offset should be 0xA0000, not 0xA000. You have given a segment
>> address; the offset from _dos_ds of real-mode segment 0xA000 is
>> 0xA0000.
>Didn't work either.
  Probably because text screen memwhatyacallit is at 0xb8000 not at
0xa0000....

 Try
   _farpokeb(_dos_ds, 0xB8000, 0x41);

ShadSek