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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
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- Subject: Re: 1Meg limit in WinOS/2?
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- Date: 15 Dec 92 01:52:33 GMT
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- In article <20071@ksr.com> kenyee@ksr.com (Ken Yee) writes:
- >Since WinOS/2 is effectively Standard Mode Windows, does
- >that mean that the biggest contiguous memory block that can
- >be allocated is 1Meg?
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- Yes, if you use HUGE model. If you use LARGE model, then the buggest
- block is 64K. I think Windows provides some memory management
- functions that get around this, though. But those functions might
- only be available in ENHANCED mode.
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