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echo: pascal
to: IAN LIN
from: MIKE COPELAND
date: 1998-04-25 21:57:00
subject: buffer limit in DOS

 KT> The problem occurs when the buffer size is over 60000 bytes.
 IL> In DOS the problem is probably that 65535is the maximum you can
 IL> allocate in one block.
   Actually, you're not assured of obtaining more than 65521 bytes in
any single allocation, since there's a good chance the block won't be
allocated on a Mod-16 boundary.
... Debate Conferences: Mud wrestling for the pedantic.
--- OMX/Blue Wave/DOS v2.20
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