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 To successfully reserve a block of memory, by lowering HIMEM, **within** a procedure or function is more complicated.  It involves copying the contents of the stack from its original location to a new location, so that it no longer occupies the reserved memory region. To successfully reserve a block of memory, by lowering HIMEM, **within** a procedure or function is more complicated.  It involves copying the contents of the stack from its original location to a new location, so that it no longer occupies the reserved memory region.
  
-The code below can be used to achieve this.  Note that the block of reserved memory begins at the (new) value of HIMEM, **not** at ''b% %'' as the code might superficially suggest:+The code below can be used to achieve this.  Note that the block of reserved memory begins at the (new) value of HIMEM, **not** at ''b%​%'' as the code might superficially suggest:
  
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lowering_himem_proc_fn.txt · Last modified: 2024/07/06 12:40 by richardrussell