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Article #2086Re: Accessing memory (Monitor)
From: Kenneth A. Kahn
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:21
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:21
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In <1992Oct15.155504.7160@dragon.acadiau.ca> James R. Skinner writes: >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? > Nope, this is in the OS/2 2.0 ToolKit, though the documentation is only in the 1.2 ToolKit.
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From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Kenneth A. Kahn)
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 13:21:45 EDT
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Subject: Re: Accessing memory (Monitor)
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