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> I looked at __dpmi_allocate_dos_memory but it gets you a selector
> and I dont know what to do to convert that to a pointer

You do exactly what you do with the tb - either use farptr/nearptr, or
dosmemput/dosmemget.

DOS memory is *not* part of your regular memory, you can't just
"convert" such selectors to pointers.  You have to go through the same
tricks to switch from the virtual memory your program uses to the
physical memory DOS uses, both for the transfer buffer and for any
other DOS memory you allocate (low memory, high memory, or XMS
memory).