From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: Few lines, huge problems...
Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 1999 08:43:02 +0200
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On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Marp wrote:

> As for using the transfer buffer. MSCDEX requires space in conventional
> memory to put data since it can't access memory outside of it. So what you
> need to do is allocate some space in conventional memory and use dosmemput()
> and dosmemget() to transfer data between the buffer and your program's
> memory space.

I don't think there's any need to allocate any conventional memory in
addition to the transfer buffer, in this case.  Just using the
transfer buffer should suffice.

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