RJ> G'day. I've just spent a cuppla hours with QWK2PKT. I've gotten it to
RJ> point where it sets up the areas and starts to convert the message.dat 
RJ> file.

I presume you're using PQWK260?

RJ> It starts on the first message then I get a hang-up with the following 
RJ> error
RJ> message:-  "error 3, errno = 8; aborting
RJ>             memory allocation error   
RJ>             cannot load COMMAND, system halted"
RJ> I'm running a 386/40mhz with 4 meg of ram and using HIMEM.SYS to boot dos 
RJ> etc.
RJ> out of the way.
RJ> Any suggestions as to where I can start looking for the cause?

Can you create a little zip file, with your packet, area list, plus
a batch file that invokes qwk2pkt, so that I can reproduce the error
here.  BFN.  Paul.
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