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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 14:55:57 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <199802132255.OAA08488@adit.ap.net>
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To: Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: DMA under djgpp

At 03:00  2/13/1998 GMT, Martin Stromberg wrote:

>It's impossible to selectively free parts if the 128K, I suppose?

Unfortunately so. DOS can only shrink, grow, or completely free a memory
block, and all resizing is done at the end. I think this may be intended to
prevent fragmentation.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net



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