[gameprogrammer] Re: Extended memory

On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 13:24, Alan Wolfe wrote:
> why is it he wants to use dos? is it just for fun?

There are still a lot of applications that are best done in DOS.
Especially for use on very small computers or for apps that have to boot
directly from removable media and access hardware directly. Things like
disk wipe utilities, hardware diagnostics, hardware setup utilities, and
so on.

                        Bob Pendleton

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> From: "Robbert de Groot" <zekaric@xxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 11:03 AM
> Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Extended memory
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> > > I need to use over 800kb of memory in a dos program. As I understand it,
> I
> > > need to use extended memory to do this. However, I can't get more than
> > > 400-500kb using malloc. What do I need to do to get access to more
> memory?
> >
> > I also forgot to mention that your program will still be in 'real' mode
> not
> > 'protected' mode if you use EMM.
> >
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