Turbo C far pointer problem

[Jean-Claude Lacherez]

When I do not have constants to dimension conventional arrays,
e.g. when I want to do dynamic dimensioning, I use the following trick:


	int	maxrows, maxcols;
	char	**array;

	maxrows = ...whatever...
	maxcols = ...whatever...

	array = (char **) malloc(maxcols * sizeof(char *));

	for(x=0; x < maxrows; x++)
		array[x] = (char *) malloc(maxrows);


	Thereafter, I can use <array> as a normal 2-dimension array,
like <strcpy(array[x], astring);> or <array[x][y] = achar;>, etc...

Now my problem:  This works fine on a Unix system.
Using Turbo C in PC DOS it works fine also as long as I stick to a
small or medium memory model.  But it goes wayward with the large
model.  It is obvious that it has to do with far pointers.  However
I cannot find the logic of it, and after trying all possible (?)
contorsions with type casting I cannot make it work at all.

I would be grateful for any help.

	Jean-Claude Lacherez
	jcl*lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au