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Extended Mem use on IBM clones using C/C++

#1088
From: Matthew Bakaitis
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 03:45
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-Sorry about the first (no subject) message...I though this one would
be a little more clear when scanning thru the subject list.

	Currently, I'm using an IBM clone with 8 meg of extended memory
to do some statistical analysis for some (boring) classes...I decided to
try to use a big sample size, but naturally ran into a problem with making
my arrays larger than allowed than the Turbo C++ 1.0 compiler I'm using.
	I tried to use the command _OvrInitEms and _OvrInitExt given in
the library reference manuals, but I couldn't get either of them to work.

So, two things:

1)  Are there any books out there that are specifically aimed at programming
	in C/C++ that deal with using this memory?
2)  Are the library functions given in the Borland manuals not the thing to
	use?  Are there better PD libraries to use?  etc.

	Notes:
	I am a decent programmer, but it is not my true vocation it seems.
I am competent in programming in T-C++ for an IBM, but that's about the
limit of it.  I _am_ pretty good at this little niche, however.
	I am crossposting this to a few groups, so take note.  The post
is to rec.games.programmer thanks to a note I read about a PBM game that
had four million planets in it.  I figured that equaled either an incredible
amount of disk access (that I would like to avoid) or some hefty memory
use...

Thanks,
Matt
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Matt Bakaitis
mxb8@po.cwru.edu		
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From: mxb8@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew Bakaitis)
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Subject: Extended Mem use on IBM clones using C/C++
Date: 9 Oct 1992 03:45:43 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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