CB>         So the code for that is run after the .EXE is
 CB> started,  rather than DOS doing it during loading based on
 CB> values from the header ?
 DG> Exactly; DOS merely assigns all available memory in one block to any
 DG> program it loads, and it is then up to the application to manage what
 DG> it has been given.  
 
 DG> In this case, we wish to give up some of that memeory so we can
 DG> request memory for a different purpose. In a .exe, you can achieve
 DG> that with linker directives, in a .com you must write the code
 DG> yourself. 
        Odd... with .exe's and .com's being treated the same by dos, with
 regards to memory allocation, I'd have thought that a linker directive
 would exist for both or none.
Chris.
... Sorry, the dog ate my Blue Wave packet.
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