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From: | locke AT mcs DOT net (Peter Johnson) |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Too many conventional blocks?! |
Date: | Tue, 21 Sep 1999 00:13:38 GMT |
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On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:21:41 +0300, Niko Salminen <wolfram AT draconus DOT com> wrote: >I tried to allocate about 32 bytes. However, the error disappeared when I >started using a large (about 20 kB) memory block for all the cases I >needed conventional memory. Is there a limit for how many >_go32_dpmi_seginfo blocks I may use? (That would be pretty lame) Actually, there _is_ a limit, but I don't know if that's what you're hitting. DPMI sets a maximum number of allocated DOS memory blocks-- are you checking for a "Descriptor Unavailable" error coming back? Peter Johnson locke AT mcs DOT net
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