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- From: sweh@spuddy.uucp (Stephen Harris)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
- Subject: Re: BP 7.0
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.132818.19362@spuddy.uucp>
- Date: 19 Dec 92 13:28:18 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.132615.29226@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec15.132615.29226@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu> francois@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu (Francois Schiettecatte) writes:
- >I have a couple of questions about BP 7.0, I understand that
- >it will compile programs so that they can run in protected
- >mode ( thus accessing memory above the 1Mb line ). If this
-
- Correct. BP7 comes with a DPMI server (if needed) that can be
- distributed royalty free with your BP7 program.
-
- >is the case, then do they do away with the 64K segment limit,
-
- Ha! I wish they had...:-(
- You still can not define arrays to span over 64Kb :-(
- Array subscripts are still words :-(
-
- >I need to be able to extend my data segment beyond the 64K limit
- >and I dont want to do a lot of rewritting of code. Currently
- >I use TP 6.0 and I am limited to 64K segments, but I can only
- >run in real mode.
-
- I posted a similar question in comp.os.msdos.programmer, and the answer I
- got was either muck around with selectors (see the BP7 manuals), or
- use the same cheat methods as are needed for real mode :-(
-
- If someone can show me wrong, I would be very very grateful!
-
- It does seem silly that you can run in Protected mode, but still have this
- 64Kb limit :-( This sort of abstraction should IMHO be handled by the
- compiler. Oh well.
-
- --
-
- Stephen Harris
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