Let's Code MS DOS 0x38: Huge Pointers in Turbo C https://peertube.v1.root42.de/videos/watch/7c281dbc-46bd-4f79-a5ac-fbbc25ec06df In MS DOS you can only access up to one Megabyte of memory easily, on an original PC or XT. This memory in turn is segmented, so accessing more than 64K at a time becomes a bit more tricky. This is why languages like Turbo C and Pascal introduced near and far pointers to the programmer. However there are also huge pointers, which we will investigate in this episode. Sourcecode: https://codeberg.org/root42/LARGEARR Join me on Mastodon: https://chaos.social/@root42 Music: A Little Wonder by Spino2006 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:27:43 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.v1.root42.de Let's Code MS DOS 0x38: Huge Pointers in Turbo C https://peertube.v1.root42.de/lazy-static/avatars/0a35d55b-bc46-4c59-b95d-8410012a3183.jpg https://peertube.v1.root42.de/videos/watch/7c281dbc-46bd-4f79-a5ac-fbbc25ec06df All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.v1.root42.de/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.