[fpc-pascal] Pointers

[Daniel Franzini]

On 7/28/05, Leonhard Holz <leonhard.holz at web.de> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> If you compile a win32-program you will have a total virtual memory,
> that means that your pointer values don't have anything to do with the
> physical ram. A pointer associated to $a0000 actually points to nowhere.
> 

ok...thanks

> If you really want mode $13 you need to compile for dos, cause then
> windows sets up an old-style 8086 environment. Unfortunately the
> download page says:
> 

yeah, i'll try compiling for go32-v2 target to see what happens

> "Sorry, no Dos release yet. The Dos platform is missing a maintainer and
> is not of acceptable quality for 2.0."
> 

i'm aware of that...so i'm going to download the lastest go32-v2
sources, build it and see what happens...thanks

> Leo
> 
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Daniel

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