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Article #2084Re: Accessing memory (Monitor)
From: James R. Skinner
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:55
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:55
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KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Kenneth A. Kahn) writes:
>In <1992Oct15.033035.16753@dragon.acadiau.ca> James R. Skinner writes:
>>
>>I am trying to write a simple program to clear the monochrome monitor
>>that I have attached to my system. I am using the GCC compiler and the
>>following code:
>First off, you are trying to access the 'physical' Display Buffer Address,
>which you can't do under OS/2. In order for you to do this, you will have
>to use the 'Logical Video Buffer' which is a virtual address to this memory.
>To get a pointer to the LVB use the ViogetBuf API:
>VioGetBuf(&lvb_Ptr,&lvb_Size,0);
Is this call included in the headers with GCC?
I can't seem to find it anywhere?
Thanks
james
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James Robie Skinner | Jodrey School of Computer Science James.Skinner@dragon.acadiau.ca | Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
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