From: "Johan Venter" <jventer AT writeme DOT com>
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Subject: Re: memset func
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Hammy <darren AT grayce DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
news:7ulo1q$5jf$1 AT news4 DOT svr DOT pol DOT co DOT uk...

> im sure you dont use a & for the address of a pointer?
> anyway, videbuffer is a char * set to the address of the videoram by the vbe
> stuff

You can't do that in DJGPP. You are violating memory protection. To access the
VBE videoram in DJGPP, you need to either 1) use the far* functions or 2) enable
near pointers which is not recommended as it disables memory protection.

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