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From: C445585@UMCVMB.BITNET ("John M. Kelsey")
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Subject: GETMAIN
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Date: 23 Feb 91 20:05:45 GMT
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     I'm a bit confused about how to get GETMAIN to give me an amount of
memory determined at execution time, rather than assembly time.  I seemed
to have no problems with

     GETMAIN R,LV=1000

What would I have to specify to get, say, a number of bytes equal to the
number of bytes in register 2?  GETMAIN always returns a chunk of memory
alligned on a doubleword boundary, right?

     --John Kelsey             internet:  c445585@umcvmb.missouri.edu
                               BITNET  :  C445585@UMCVMB