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/*
SCREEN.C - This example shows how to write directly
to screen memory under the DOS/4GW dos-extender.
Compile & Link: wcl386 /l=dos4g SCREEN
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <dos.h>
/*
Under DOS/4GW, the first megabyte of physical memory - the
real memory - is mapped as a shared linear address space.
This allows your application to access video RAM using its
linear address. The DOS segment:offset of B800:0000
corresponds to a linear address of B8000.
*/
#define SCREEN_AREA 0xb800
#define SCREEN_LIN_ADDR ((SCREEN_AREA) << 4)
#define SCREEN_SIZE 80*25
void main()
{
char *ptr;
int i;
/* Set the pointer to the screen's linear address */
ptr = (char *)SCREEN_LIN_ADDR;
for( i = 0; i < SCREEN_SIZE - 1; i++ ) {
*ptr = '*';
ptr += 2 * sizeof( char );
}
}