32 bit applications under Windows

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From: Daniel R. Kegel
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 1990 22:13

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I am trying to figure out how to write a Windows program that uses
much more than 640 kilobytes of memory, and have heard that the
DOS Extenders built in to Windows3.0 and Desqview have the same API,
which is defined in something with a name like "Virtual Control Program 
Interface".  
In the best of all possible worlds, this API would allow you to define
segments that were larger than 64 kilobytes (which would naturally only
be possible on a '386 or '486); this would allow much faster addressing.

Can anybody tell me where to get info on this standard, or any compilers 
that support it?

Please reply via e-mail to dank@moc.jpl.nasa.gov and I will summarize if
there are any useful replies.  Thanks!

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From: dank@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Daniel R. Kegel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: 32 bit applications under Windows
Summary: Does Windows support segments > 64K?
Message-ID: <1990Dec4.221303.16472@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 4 Dec 90 22:13:03 GMT
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