From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Allocating memory
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 16:13:32 -0400
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Joshua Hale wrote:
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> Can anyone tell me how to allocate some memory in the bottom 1M of
> memory, and how to get a page, segment, offset address for it and
> a pointer. -I'm trying to play samples using DMA to the soundcard.

See chapters 17 and 18 of the DJGPP Frequently Asked Questions list
(v2/faq210b.zip from SimTel or http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/) for
specific instructions on accessing conventional memory.

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