Accessing extended memory

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From: -xivo-Alex Ivopol
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:46

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OK, just when I thought I had it figured out...  Assuming HIMEM.SYS is
loaded and I can access the driver functions, how do I get data into and
out of extended memory ?

The only driver function for moving memory takes as arguments source and
destination Extended Memory Block handles that (as far as I can tell) can
only point to extended memory blocks.

If the only way to move data to/from extended memory is to switch to
protected mode (something I want to avoid) how does one get the address
of the EMB from the EMB's handle ?

Can anyone suggest a book/article that deals with this subject in depth,
preferably with examples ?

Thanx,


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Alex T. Ivopol 
cyborg@kauri.vuw.ac.nz
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