Xref: utzoo comp.unix.microport:3975 news.software.b:4132 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!b-tech!zeeff From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport,news.software.b Subject: Re: Cnews ported to V/AT? Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 90 14:46:57 GMT References: <45@frau.UUCP> <3+1:A3-@splut.conmicro.com> <1990Feb8.182437.25095@utzoo.uucp> <1990Feb11.205307.18752@utzoo.uucp> Organization: Branch Technology Lines: 17 >Big enough to be a bad sign, I'm afraid. A 16-bit program only has 64KB >of data space, and it wants to use some of that for other things. > >>Unfortunately, rebuilding just expire and relaynews in large model is >>such a pain that I haven't applied the January 1990 patches yet; I don't >>know if they'd fix the problem or not. Some 16 bit systems like the '286 in large model allow you to have as many 64kb data spaces as you want. No single object can exceed 64k bytes though. Anything that mallocs memory in small chunks should work. Things that need large linear arrays don't work. Compiling all of C news in large model should work. C news is quite good about not assuming an int = 32 bits. -- Jon Zeeff zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us or b-tech!zeeff