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to: SYLVAIN LAUZON
from: GLEN MCNABB
date: 1998-02-06 20:03:00
subject: i need to allocate some memory

On , Sylvain Lauzon wrote to All :
SL> I used int 21h/48 to allocate some memory but failed. the file is .com
SL> Any ideas why it doesn't?
Simple... In a COM program it's given all the memory available anyways.
You must FIRST de-allocate all memory except that which the COM program
is using. IE: all but 64K.
Then you can allocate...
Glen...
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