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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 22:36:10 +0100
From: The Allens <allen DOT asjp AT cableol DOT co DOT uk>
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DJGPP runs in 32 bit protected mode, so pointers are 32bits long.  The
book is written for a 16 bit compiler, so the addresses are much
smaller.
The pointers should go from 0 - 2147483647, although that would need 2gb
of memory and virtual memory, so it is unlikely

		Peter Allen

Gloria wrote:
> 
> Hi. I'm a newbie to C. I'm learning with a book right now and it's
> getting into pointers. In one program you find  out the address of
> various pointers. In the book it says  that the memory location should
> only be from 0-65,535 however when I try the program in DJGPP I get
> memory addresses of 300000 and above. What's going on?