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From: gunther@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Gunther Wil Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Far code segments in the small or compact memory model
Keywords: far code, compact model
Message-ID: <4327@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 24 Feb 90 07:22:21 GMT
References: <28396@necntc.nec.com>
Reply-To: eisen@jhunix.UUCP (Gunther Wil Anderson)
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Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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In article <28396@necntc.nec.com> pec@necntc.nec.com (Paul Cohen) writes:
>I have a program which has just slightly too large a code size to fit in
>one segment.  It has one function which is executed only once so putting
>it into another segment seems a way to avoid changing to the Large
>memory model (which slows down execution noticeably).  

Use overlaying.  Read it up in your compiler manual or dos manual,
compile the offending routine in a separate file, and specify it as 
not part of the permanent code.  You may need to place something alse
in that state so there is some space for the two to swap between them.

					Gunther W. Anderson
					gunther@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu