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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:53:06 +0100
From: Egon Eckert <egon AT heaven DOT industries DOT cz>
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Subject: Re: Differences in LPT1 base address in protected/real mode?
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> document so far that could help me with finding the correct address of
> 0040h:0008h in the protected mode ... is anyone here in the know how
> to get the LPT1 base adress from bios in protected mode?

Something like

#include <go32.h>  // _dos_ds
#include <sys/farptr.h>  // _far*

unsigned short lpt1_base = _farpeekw(_dos_ds, 0x408);

Look into libc.inf (node "_far*") for more information.

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