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From: burgoyne@eng.umd.edu (John R. Burgoyne)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: No free MS support for SDK; How to use lots of mem in a Win program?
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Date: 19 Aug 90 13:20:46 GMT
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PART 1
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Microsoft no longer provides free technical support for questions relating to
the SDK other than its installation. It used to provide such support for
previous versions, < 3.0, of the SDK. (I know, I have gotten answers from
them in the past.)

Technical support over toll-free 800 numbers is not what we're talking about.

Persons are referred to subscribing to Microsoft online, at $495 a year for
"12 hours of connect time".

Quarterly reports from Microsoft indicate that it is profitable. (!!!!)
Again, Windows program development becomes more complex and available only to
the deeply pocketed. I realize that an infinite number of different questions
about the SDK could be asked, but no free support at all? Does anyone have
any suggestions about what the user group can do? Does anyone have any
experience with trying to get answers through Compu$erve?

PART 2
^^^^^^

The question I am trying to get answered is the following. How do we go about
using large amounts of memory in our programs we develop with SDK version
3.0? I am using MS C compiler 6.0, SDK version 3.0, Windows version 3.0. The
MS Windows SDK book "Tools" says on page 1-3 that the compact and large
models are not recommended for Windows programs because data segments of
programs created with compact or large models are fixed, and because only one
instance of such programs can be run. If anyone can answer any of the
following questions, I would be very happy if you do so.

Can one use the medium model and have data larger than 64K if it is global?

Can one use the medium model and have global arrays larger than 64K?

Is it ever possible to have arrays larger than 64K?

What is the general strategy for using lots of memory in a Windows program?

Has anyone written a program which uses more than 640K? What are you doing
and how did you do it?

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