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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 18:40:29 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Gisle Vanem <giva AT bryggen DOT bgnett DOT no>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: __dpmi_int
Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970726184003.4492A-100000@bryggen.bgnett.no>
MIME-Version: 1.0

 
George Foot (mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk) wrote:
> If you will be calling this routine a lot you could more efficiently
> allocate the block of low memory on initialisation, use it over and over
> again later on, and free the block on shutdown. Or you could use the
> transfer buffer, which is already allocated for you, doesn't need 
> freeing, and can normally be stomped on without causing any problems.
 
Are you sure about that? I tought the __tb was  used for all dos I/O.
 
Gisle V.
 


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