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vga_getgraphmem(3)	       Svgalib User Manual	      vga_getgraphmem(3)

NAME
     vga_getgraphmem - returns the address of the VGA memory

SYNOPSIS
     #include <vga.h>

     unsigned char *graph_mem; /* This declaration is already in vga.h */

     unsigned char *vga_getgraphmem(void);

DESCRIPTION
     returns  a  pointer  to  the  64K VGA frame buffer window.  vga_setpage(3),
     vga_setreadpage(3) and vga_setwritepage(3) allow to select  which	page  of
     the  VGA memory shows up at this position.  vga_setlinearaddressing(3) maps
     all VGA memory at a consecutive memory area (if the hardware supports  it).
     In  this mode, vga_getgraphmem() will return the location of this area too.
     You can also access the global variable graph_mem, which will also  contain
     this address.

     Most demos, esp.  vgatest(6) show the simple direct use of this function to
     access screen memory.

SEE ALSO
     svgalib(7),  vgatest(6), fun(6), testlinear(6), vga_setlinearaddressing(3),
     vga_claimvideomemory(3), vga_getmodeinfo(3),  vga_setpage(3),  vga_setread-
     page(3), vga_setwritepage(3),

AUTHOR
     This  manual  page  was  edited  by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-es-
     sen.de>. The exact source of the referenced function  as  well  as  of  the
     original documentation is unknown.

     It  is  very  likely  that both are at least to some extent are due to Harm
     Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

     Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the orig-
     inal author and will happily accept any additions or  corrections	to  this
     first version of the svgalib manual.

Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)		  27 July 1997		      vga_getgraphmem(3)

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