Allocating memory via Int 21h, Function 048h

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From: "LENO S.J."
Date: Fri, 26 May 1989 17:29

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Hi,
  I am working on a small machine language programand I
 want to allocate a chunk of memory for scratch work.
 I will need a 64k block. I have 768k so this should be
 no problem at all. I'm using Int 21h, function 48h.
 I am asking for 01000h 16 byte paragraphs. I'm told,
 by DOS, that the most it can give me is 3 paragraph or
 48 bytes. Something sounds fishy. Any ideas would be
 welcome. BTW, I am using MS-DOS 2.21 for the Z100. I
 do get the same problem when I run this part of the
 code on an IBM. If anyone wants to hazard a guess I
 can send a code fragment. 
      Thanx,
           Scott

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