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From: tjt@cbnewsh.att.com (timothy.j.thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Turbo C++ vs. Zortec 2.1
Message-ID: <1990Jul27.232032.24614@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 27 Jul 90 23:20:32 GMT
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From article <1990Jul27.184029.7317@cs.umn.edu>, by mejia@cs.umn.edu (John C. Mejia):
> In article <1990Jul26.035511.3640@cbnewsh.att.com> tjt@cbnewsh.att.com
>> (timothy.j.thompson) writes: ....stuff deleted >descriptions of Turbo
>> C++, but it sounds like its VROOM (is that right?)  >stuff only
>> applies to the *text* of a program, not the *data*.  >Can you get
> Sure, just use one of the larger memory models.  This gives you access
> to up to 1MB of code or data (depending on the memory model) but after
> that, I'm not sure what (if anything) VROOM will do if you need more

The Zortec __handle pointer allows you to access far more than 1 MB of data,
and I suspect it may even work on CPUs that can't handle a larger memory model.
Looks like Turbo C++ doesn't provide anything equivalent.   ...Tim...