Re: A92: HeapAllocHigh

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Subject: Re: A92: HeapAllocHigh
From: Niklas Brunlid <e96nbr@efd.lth.se>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:28:21 +0200
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At 14:49 1999-06-14 +0000, you wrote:

>According to Niklas Brunlid:
> >
> >
> > Has anyone used the HeapAllocHigh() ROM call on the 89/92+? It's supposed
> > to allocate a block of memory on the top of the heap and lock it. I tried
> > to use this to create a TSR in TI-OS, but the allocated memory block is
> > written over with other data by the OS...
> >
>
>Are you sure that Doorsos doesn't make some sort of garbage collection when
>you exit a program, and so free it automatically ?

Of course! (hitting myself in the head)
Now for another question: is there any way to prevent this?


  / Niklas Brunlid
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Re: A92: HeapAllocHigh

From: jean-baptiste-andre canazzi <Jean-Baptiste-Andre.Canazzi@epita.fr>

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A92: HeapAllocHigh

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Re: A92: HeapAllocHigh

From: jean-baptiste-andre canazzi <Jean-Baptiste-Andre.Canazzi@epita.fr>