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1989-03-05
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <dos.h>
char far *Alloc( long );
void Nomem( void );
char far *Alloc ( x ) /* allocate x bytes of far memory */
long x;
{
union REGS regs;
regs.h.ah = 0x48; /* allocate memory dos call */
x = (x+15)>>4; /* get number of paragraphs to allocate */
regs.x.bx = (int)x;
intdos( ®s, ®s ); /* call dos; request memory */
if (regs.x.cflag) /* memory allocation error */
Nomem();
return( (char far *)((long)regs.x.ax<<16) ); /* make a far pointer */
}
void Nomem () { /* a memory allocation request has failed */
printf( "out of memory\n" );
exit( -1 );
}