Re: [Dev-C++] memory allocation

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Hello!

Abhijit Shylanath wrote:
> In DOS (real-mode), memory is banked. So you need two thingies to address
> it: the segment and offset.
I was aware of that, I just didn't know, how much is the maximum. I think DOS 
provides memory in 64K pages, as you said.

BTW, "640K ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981

> However, in most general applications, you won't need to bother with them.
> You simply call new or malloc(), and they return an appropriate far pointer
Yes, I knew that. Actually I wanted to know, how much memory can I get from a 
DOS program, that is running under Windows, from a console. As I saw in the 
command-prompt settings, the memory can be set for the console.

> Also, in protected-mode DOS (DPMI), memory is linear. Use djgpp:
> http://www.delorie.com/djgpp
> for this, its a GCC port for DPMI. It's also got an IDE similar to
> Turbo-C++, called RHIDE. You may or may not be able to use it with Dev.
Thanks, although I have already heard of that too, but I don't really want to 
develop anything for DOS. I suppose I would be able to use djgpp with Dev, I 
would just need to set the compiler executables.

> HTH, and sorry for the late reply.
No problem, but thank you very much. I only needed the answer because I went to 
a Secondary (High?) School Programming competition(?) (yet I'm only 17 :), and 
they still provide Borland C++ 3.1 for programming.

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Greetings,
   Balázs