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   malloc with small data   
   24 Nov 22 01:19:47   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   How did people support malloc() requests in the   
   tiny/small/medium memory models?   
      
   Did the executable in the header ask for memory   
   beyond SP, perhaps filling out to the 64k boundary,   
   and then at startup, see how much memory you   
   managed to get, and only release stuff above the   
   64k boundary, and then service malloc requests   
   from within that space?   
      
   Currently in PDPCLIB I only support malloc for   
   compact/large/huge and go directly to the OS   
   to obtain it rather than link in my own memory   
   management routines.   
      
   Thanks. Paul.   
      
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