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

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From: frampton
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 14:41
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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.

  My mistake... I looked at "mem/c" during a shell and my barrier is
  actually 640K not 1 MEG.  I thought farmalloc() would see highmem.
  Not that I had any blocks left anyway.

  Thanx for the replys that suggested Phar Lap.
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Subject: Re: 1 Meg barrier & TC 2.0, or C++?
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Date: 3 Nov 92 08:41:55 CST
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