linker problem with DOS program

[Valued PowerSpec Customer]

I'm trying to build a DOS programs with Visual C++ 1.52 and I get this
error

LINK : fatal error L2041: stack plus data exceed 64K

I have tried using the online help but it doesn't make much sense to me.
(I've tried using the /Gt option to no avail)

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks

[Jim Marshall]

VC++ is optimized to make Windows applications, as such it tries to put
as much data into the near heap. So you need to turn this off. Go to
the Options|Project menu, press the compiler button and choose MEMORY.
(I assume your in large memory model), check the box that says "Assume
extern and uninitialized data far". This is what you want for DOS apps.
If you continue to get the error, try setting the /Gt option to 3 (in
the same area put a 3 in the edit box labeled "new data size threshold")
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[Valued PowerSpec Customer]

Thanks Jim,

The /Gt3 setting solved the problem. Since the default was around 32000 and
the range was from 0 to around 65000, the lower numbers I tried were still
in the thousands, as low as 16000 but never as low as 3.