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Re: 1 Meg barrier & TC 2.0, or C++?

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From: Harald Milz
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 16:53
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In article <1992Oct30.094216.770@skitzo.dseg.ti.com>, frampton@skitzo.dseg.ti.com writes:
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|>   With Turbo C 2.0 I have successfully been using the far heap for
|>   data up to 1 meg of ram.  I am troubled that I can't seem to get
|>   to the ram above 1 meg.  Is this the end of my rope?  I was hoping
|>   that Borland C++ will be able to farmalloc above 1 meg.  Can it
|>   happen?  This is very disturbing.  The data that I am parsing has
|>   the capability to be quite large at times and I don't wish not to 
|>   be limited to conventional memory.

I think you have to use VCPI or DPMI calls.
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