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From: readdm@walt.cc.utexas.edu (David M. Read)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Large arrays in MSDOS
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Date: 25 Oct 89 17:36:09 GMT
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In article <4010005@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM> scott@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM  writes:
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>Hello,
>
>I've been having a problem trying to use an array greater than 64k on
>an msdos machine.  What I have is the following:
>
Remember that the 80x86 processors use segmented architecture, so 64K is
a kind of barrier.  The way to get around the barrier is with use of the
'huge' keyword.  Read the manuals closely, for there are some limitations
on what you can do with it.


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