so im building a text based adventure game for my project in assembly
as you can probably guess i need to create alot of string arrays, now i am afraid that at some point ill run out of memory. so how many chars can i create before i run out?
that depends...
lets just say code + strings can not exceed 64 KiB
wrote:that depends...
lets just say code + strings can not exceed 64 KiB
and what if i choose to use graphic mode and print something like 10 pics using bitmap?
segments. its the whole point of using them.
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You can use all the 640KB minus DOS overheads in assembly.
For 16-bit C 8086, you can compile for compact, large or huge memory model to use far pointers and multiple segment for code and data within 640KB DOS memory.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Memory_Mo … l#Memory_models
To get more memory beyond 640KB DOS memory on 8086, you will need EMS programming. You can google for supported libraries for both C and ASM if you don't want to manage it your own.
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You can use all the 640KB minus DOS overheads in assembly.
For 16-bit C 8086, you can compile for compact, large or huge memory model to use far pointers and multiple segment for code and data within 640KB DOS memory.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Memory_Mo … l#Memory_modelsTo get more memory beyond 640KB DOS memory on 8086, you will need EMS programming. You can google for supported libraries for both C and ASM if you don't want to manage it your own.
Thanks, if ill be in need of extra memory ill do that.
If this is about emu8086, why is it in the DOSBox forum?
