Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 13:10:53 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
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Subject: Re: How to compile in different memory models
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On 7 Nov 1998, Martin Str|mberg wrote:

> Nate Eldredge (nate AT cartsys DOT com) wrote:
> : Bigger still; HUGE could only get you a theoretical max of 1MB (and
> : realistically not more than 512K).  Very small compared to DJGPP
> : possibilities!
> 
> I what environment? According to Microsnoft's manuals for MSC/C++ 7.0
> HUGE don't have any limit on code or data. Perhaps Microsnoft thought
> that 1MB == "no limit" in those days?

Any real-mode code is limited by 1MB, since real-mode addresses are
only 20-bit-wide.

As for the ``realistic'' limitation, I have managed in the past to
make a program that used 620K of data on a well-configured DOS
machine, using a 16-bit compiler in compact model.

But why do we even talk about this here?