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huge memory model (Announce)

posted by Guti , 29.11.2022, 06:55

Indeed no. Turbo C supported huge pointers allowing to allocate blocks larger than 64K.

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51678

> > I discovered huge memory model back in the Turbo C++ days. A simple
> > solution to adress all available conventional memory with chunks larger
> > than 64K.
>
> I don't think Turbo C generates proper huge
> memory model code in its huge option. I think
> it just allows more than 64k for the DGROUP.

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Complete thread:

• huge memory model - kerravon, 22.11.2022, 16:30 (Announce)
  • huge memory model - Guti, 25.11.2022, 10:23
    • huge memory model - kerravon, 25.11.2022, 19:41
      • huge memory model - Guti, 29.11.2022, 06:55
        • huge memory model - kerravon, 29.11.2022, 08:44