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> I am having fun at the moment with memory models.
> 
> At the moment I am using code like :
>   read(hFile,lpMsgBuffer,size);
> 
> and compiling in large model.  I would prefer to have it compiled under small
> or medium model as that gives moveable data segments.  If I do though it can't
> seem to reference lpMsgBuffer which is a far pointer to a buffer - because it
> is global heap.  If I use small model (ie near data pointers) then lpMsgBuffer
> is converted to near incorrectly.  BTW I am using Microsoft C 6.
> 
> Is there an easy solution?
> 
Sorry about this folks.  I have just found out the answer (and how
inexperienced I am with PC C).  The answer seems to be to use _lread and
lstrlen etc.  It is a bit of a "dirty" approach and one that I don't like but
then this isn't UNIX!!

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