Turbo C++ vs. Zortec 2.1

[timothy.j.thompson]

>From article <1990Jul27.184029.7317 at cs.umn.edu>, by mejia at cs.umn.edu (John C. Mejia):
> In article <1990Jul26.035511.3640 at cbnewsh.att.com> tjt at cbnewsh.att.com
>> (timothy.j.thompson) writes: ....stuff deleted >descriptions of Turbo
>> C++, but it sounds like its VROOM (is that right?)  >stuff only
>> applies to the *text* of a program, not the *data*.  >Can you get
> Sure, just use one of the larger memory models.  This gives you access
> to up to 1MB of code or data (depending on the memory model) but after
> that, I'm not sure what (if anything) VROOM will do if you need more

The Zortec __handle pointer allows you to access far more than 1 MB of data,
and I suspect it may even work on CPUs that can't handle a larger memory model.
Looks like Turbo C++ doesn't provide anything equivalent.   ...Tim...