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From: ferdie@coyote.datalog.com (fred jarvis)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Allocating a lot of memory (why can't I?)
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Date: 5 May 91 05:50:58 GMT
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rob@pcad.UUCP (Ralph Brown) writes:

> 
> Running Win 3.0 in enhanced mode, there seems to be some limit to how
> much memory a windows app can allocate which is much less than the
> amount of free virtual memory. With over 7Mb free, I could only do
> a Global32Alloc of about 1.3 Mb. A second copy of the same program could
> simultaneously get about the same amount leaving about 5Mb still free.
    I have found that although there seems to be a limit on the amount
of global memory you can get with one call to GlobalAlloc (about .8 meg
on our 8 meg system), you can make repeated calls to GlobalAlloc to
get more memory (each with a different handle).
    Don't ask me why--I've given up trying to understand this stuff.

    Fred Jarvis  ferdie@coyote.datalog.com