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Re: VGA memory address

#873
From: John A. Slagel
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:05
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Kayvon Z. Sadeghi <KSADEGH@auvm.american.edu> writes:

>In article <22AUG199203465370@acad3.alaska.edu>, sxmlk@acad3.alaska.edu
>And for all of those who send me email: Lets say I have such a code in
>my program.


>struct character{
>    char ch;
>    unsigned char att;
>} *p;
>        .
>        .
>        .
>        .
>p=(struct character *)MK_FP(0xB800,0x00);
>p->ch='u';

    
     Well, it looks to me like you aren't using a far pointer. Try this:

     struct character {
	 char ch;
	 unsigned char att;
     } far *p;

     p=(struct character far *)MK_FP(0xB800, 0x00 );
     p->ch='u';

     Hope this helps, and I think that the people who flamed this posting
     need to spend their time helping people, not insulting them. Jerks.


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