From: DavMac AT iname DOT com (Davin McCall)
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Subject: Re: Nearptr putpixel method?
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 06:34:35 GMT
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On Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:37:53 -0500, "Damian Yerrick"
<die DOT spammers AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com> wrote:

>No, the nearptr hack is not more convenient. 

It can be - it allows you to use conventional functions on video
memory if so desired. This does for instance facilitate writing bitmap
functions which work on bitmaps in main memory *or* video memory.

>It brings with it general
>protection faults, page faults, and other things that, if you use nearptr,
>are your fault, up to and including data loss.

This can occur in a *buggy* program... in any case, it is not *likely*
to cause data loss.

I successfully used the nearptr "hack" when writing a game last year.
Most programming erros (access violations etc) were still caught, and
I certainly didn't suffer any data loss.

Davin.
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