Error In changing screen attributes?

[jawwadalam]

I have read the following in a bood for changing screen attributes,, but when i tried to complie ... the compilor generates error at line
char far *vidmem = 0xb8000000 ;
Can not convert unsigned long to char far*
I am using Turbo C/C++ 3.0
What...is this..

[shaik786]

Try typecasting:

char far *vidmem = (char far *)0xb8000000 ;

[jawwadalam]

Thanx shaik that worked...