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From: hutzley@bigq.dec.com (Steve Hutzley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: TC++ string data
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Date: 6 Nov 90 16:22:42 GMT
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>Article         1718
>From: Duel@cup.portal.com (Omid M Farr)
>Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
>Subject: using extended memory for arrays [??]
>Date: 3 Nov 90 23:29:39 GMT
>Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>I'm using Borland's TC++ and would like to know how I can get the compiler
>to use extended memory for strings, variables, and arrays. (No executeable
>code). As it is, if I allocate a one or two meg array, it will compile and
>end up as a 1-2 meg file which obviously wont fit into the 640k base memory.
>Can someone give me an example or tell me how I can load in a 1-2 meg file
>which holds all the array data and then have the program actually access this
>memory.
>Since this program continually manipulates data, it is not efficient to 
>continously load strings from the hard drive. I could use a ramdrive, but
>there must be an quicker and less "clumsy" method.
>Thanks.. any examples or information on how (if possible) this can be done.

      [[ I appoogize for the full quote, but I felt it was needed here]]

        TC++ does support overlays, and that may work, but it will more
    that likely cause ALOT of disk activity. Another route would be to get
    hold of some expanded/extended memory routines. I have seen shareware
    as well as "consumer" type libraries that will manipulate exp/ext mem.
    If you don't mind playing with DOS functions, the INT21 functions up in
    the 0x60 range do memory functions (if memory serves me correctly, I
    don't have exp/ext mem. so I have never played with them)

        Any one else?

        Steve