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> I noticed it didn't allocate any DOS memory with
> __dpmi_allocate_dos_memory() before it did its thing with
> dosmemput().  and yet it worked.  does that mean I can do this too,
> or is this a bad practice?

If you can use the transfer buffer that DJGPP sets up for you, you
don't need to allocate your own memory.  Most DJGPP library functions
use the transfer buffer.