Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 20:44:47 -0500 (GMT)
From: Anuj Bhatia <bhatia AT giasdla DOT vsnl DOT net DOT in>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: farptr problem
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Hi

I'm trying to read the VESA OEM String from my program. I have read the
faq and an article on www.delorie.com. I have followed all the 
instructions. My problem is that whenever I use the _farpeekb function in
a loop I always get a string of ASCII 1's. However when I use the
dosmemget function the results are correct. I am using _dos_ds as the
selector for the farpeekb function. (I have read that the dosmemget
function also uses _dos_ds internally). I do convert the far ptr returned
by the VESA driver to a linear offset. (I use the same offset for farpeekb
and dosmemget). Why doesn't farpeekb work?

Thanks in advance

Anuj