Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/09/28/03:56:31
Tom Morton <tmorton AT yikesstation DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
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> Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
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> > On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Tom Morton wrote:
> >
> > > I was happily writing my DJGPP/Allegro game, blissfully unaware
> > > that it was approaching my computers maximum conventional memory.
> > > The game's .exe file is now 560Kb and no longer runs, reporting:
> > >
> > > Program too big to fit in memory
> >
> > The size of the executable has nothing to do with how much conventional
> > memory it uses up. DJGPP programs usually need about 70KB of
> > conventional memory, the rest goes into extended memory. The error
> > message you cite is printed by DOS, but DOS doesn't even know how much
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> > So your problem is NOT with the size of .exe, it is somewhere else.
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> > probably, you made some mistake when compiling your program. So
> > describing how exactly did you compile and link the program, including
> > the command line and any switches you used, would be a good beginning.
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> The last thing I did before it stopped working was add an extra function
> to main.c. I tried re-compiling it but it still didn't work so I moved it
What exactly did you try to do in this function you refer to...
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