diff --git a/modules/src/alloc/Malloc.c b/modules/src/alloc/Malloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97b7cddfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/alloc/Malloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*	M E M O R Y  A L L O C A T I O N  R O U T I N E S	*/
+
+/*	The memory allocation routines offered in this file are:
+
+	char *Malloc(n)		: allocate n bytes
+	char *Srealloc(ptr, n)	: reallocate buffer to n bytes
+	char *Salloc(str, n)	: allocate n bytes, initialized with the string
+					str
+
+	This file imports routines from "system".
+*/
+
+#include	<system.h>
+#include	"in_all.h"
+#include	"alloc.h"
+
+PRIVATE
+m_fatal() {
+
+	(void) sys_write(2, "Out of memory\n", 14);
+	sys_stop(S_EXIT);
+}
+
+EXPORT char *
+Malloc(sz)
+	unsigned int sz;
+{
+	char *res = malloc(sz);
+	
+	if (res == 0) m_fatal();
+	return res;
+}
+
+EXPORT char *
+Salloc(str, sz)
+	register char str[];
+	register unsigned int sz;
+{
+	/*	Salloc() is not a primitive function: it just allocates a
+		piece of storage and copies a given string into it.
+	*/
+	char *res = malloc(sz);
+	register char *m = res;
+
+	if (m == 0) m_fatal();
+	while (sz--)
+		*m++ = *str++;
+	return res;
+}
+
+EXPORT char *
+Srealloc(str, sz)
+	char str[];
+	unsigned int sz;
+{
+	str = realloc(str, sz);
+	if (str == 0) m_fatal();
+	return str;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/alloc/alloc.3 b/modules/src/alloc/alloc.3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a71beb20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/alloc/alloc.3
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+.TH ALLOC 3ACK "March 25, 1986"
+.SH NAME
+Malloc, Salloc, Srealloc, st_alloc, st_free\ \-\ low level memory allocation routines
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B #include <alloc.h>
+.PP
+.B char *Malloc(size)
+.br
+.B unsigned int size;
+.PP
+.B char *Salloc(str, size)
+.br
+.B char *str;
+.B unsigned int size;
+.PP
+.B char *Srealloc(str, size)
+.br
+.B char *str;
+.br
+.B unsigned int size;
+.PP
+.B char *st_alloc(phead, size, count)
+.br
+.B char **phead;
+.br
+.B unsigned int size;
+.PP
+.B st_free(ptr, phead, size)
+.br
+.B char *ptr;
+.br
+.B char **phead;
+.br
+.B unsigned int size;
+.PP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This set of routines provides a checking memory allocation mechanism.
+.PP
+\fIMalloc\fR returns a pointer to a block of at least \fIsize\fR
+bytes, beginning on a boundary suitable for any data type.
+.PP
+\fISalloc\fR returns a pointer to a block of at least \fIsize\fR
+bytes, initialized with the null-terminated string \fIstr\fR.
+.PP
+\fISrealloc\fR reallocates
+the string at \fIstr\fR to \fIsize\fR bytes.
+.PP
+All these routines use \fImalloc\fR and \fIrealloc\fR.
+\fIFree\fR can be used on pointers returned by these routines.
+.PP
+\fISt_alloc\fR and \fIst_free\fR provide a mechanism for maintaining free lists
+of structures, whose first field is a pointer called \fBnext\fR.
+This field is used to chain free structures together.
+\fISt_alloc\fR takes three parameters: \fIphead\fR is a pointer to a field
+containing the head of the free list, \fIsize\fR contains the size of the
+structures, and \fIcount\fR indicates how many new structures must be allocated
+in case the free list is exhausted.
+It returns a pointer to a zero-initialized structure.
+\fISt_free\fR also takes three parameters: \fIptr\fR is a pointer to
+the structure to be freed, \fIphead\fR is again a pointer to a field
+containing the head of the free list, and \fIsize\fR again contains the size
+of the structures.
+These last two routines are best used in a macro.
+.SH FILES
+.nf
+~em/modules/h/alloc.h
+~em/modules/lib/liballoc.a
+.fi
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+malloc(3)
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+\fIMalloc\fR, \fISalloc\fR, \fISrealloc\fR, and \fIst_alloc\fR
+give an error message and stop execution if there is no memory available.
diff --git a/modules/src/alloc/alloc.h b/modules/src/alloc/alloc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f872971a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/alloc/alloc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*	PROGRAM'S INTERFACE TO MEMORY ALLOCATION ROUTINES		*/
+
+/*	This file serves as the interface between the program and the
+	memory allocating routines.
+	There are 3 memory allocation routines:
+		char *Malloc(n)		allocate n bytes
+		char *Salloc(str, n)	allocate n bytes and fill them with
+					string str
+		char *Realloc(str, n)	reallocate the string at str to n bytes,
+					only works if str was last allocated
+*/
+
+extern char *Salloc(), *Malloc(), *Srealloc();
+extern char *malloc(), *realloc();
+
+/*	S T R U C T U R E - S T O R A G E  D E F I N I T I O N S	*/
+
+#ifndef	BOTCH_FREE
+#define	st_free(ptr, phead, size)	(ptr->next = *phead, *phead = ptr)
+#else	def BOTCH_FREE
+#define	st_free(ptr, phead, size)	(botch((char *)(ptr), size), \
+						ptr->next = *phead, *phead = ptr)
+#endif	BOTCH_FREE
diff --git a/modules/src/alloc/botch.c b/modules/src/alloc/botch.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e163c2867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/alloc/botch.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*	botch - write garbage over a chunk of memory, useful if you want
+		to check if freed memory is used inappopriately.
+*/
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include "in_all.h"
+
+EXPORT
+botch(ptr, n)
+	char *ptr;
+	int n;
+{
+	assert((long)ptr % sizeof (long) == 0);
+	while (n >= sizeof (long))	{	
+			/* high-speed botch loop */
+		*(long *)ptr = 025252525252L;
+		ptr += sizeof (long), n -= sizeof (long);
+	}
+	while (n--) *ptr++ = '\252';
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/alloc/clear.c b/modules/src/alloc/clear.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad8d60387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/alloc/clear.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*	clear - clear a block of memory, and try to do it fast.
+*/
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include "in_all.h"
+
+/* instead of Calloc: */
+EXPORT
+clear(ptr, n)
+	register char *ptr;
+	register int n;
+{
+	register long *q = (long *) ptr;
+
+	assert((long)q % sizeof (long) == 0);
+	while (n >= sizeof (long))	{
+			/* high-speed clear loop */
+		*q++ = 0;
+		n -= sizeof (long);
+	}
+	ptr = (char *) q;
+	while (n--) *ptr++ = '\0';
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/alloc/in_all.h b/modules/src/alloc/in_all.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8850f61a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/alloc/in_all.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#define PRIVATE
+#else
+#define PRIVATE static
+#endif
+
+#define EXPORT
diff --git a/modules/src/alloc/st_alloc.c b/modules/src/alloc/st_alloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..434fa7c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/alloc/st_alloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*	st_alloc - get a structure from a free list. If no structures left,
+		create new ones. The structures for which this works are
+		supposed to have as their first tag the string "next", which
+		should be a pointer type.
+		The counterpart, st_free, is a macro, defined in alloc.h
+*/
+
+#include	"alloc.h"
+
+struct xxx	{
+	char *next;
+};
+
+char *
+st_alloc(phead, size, count)
+	char **phead;
+	register unsigned int size;
+{
+	register char *p;
+	char *retval;
+
+	if (*phead == 0)	{
+
+		p = Malloc(size * count);
+		((struct xxx *) p)->next = 0;
+		while (--count) {
+			p += size;
+			((struct xxx *) p)->next = p - size;
+		}
+		*phead = p;
+	}
+	else	p = *phead;
+	*phead = ((struct xxx *)p)->next;
+	retval = p;
+	if (size >= sizeof(long)) {
+		register long *q = (long *) p;
+		do {
+			*q++ = 0;
+			size -= sizeof(long);
+		} while (size >= sizeof(long));
+
+		p = (char *) q;
+	}
+
+	while (size--) *p++ = 0;
+	return retval;
+}
diff --git a/modules/src/alloc/std_alloc.c b/modules/src/alloc/std_alloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f8697d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/src/alloc/std_alloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*	st_alloc - get a structure from a free list. If no structures left,
+		create new ones. The structures for which this works are
+		supposed to have as their first tag the string "next", which
+		should be a pointer type.
+		The counterpart, st_free, is a macro, defined in alloc.h
+*/
+
+#include	"alloc.h"
+
+struct xxx	{
+	char *next;
+};
+
+char *
+std_alloc(phead, size, count, pcnt)
+	char **phead;
+	register unsigned int size;
+	int *pcnt;
+{
+	register char *p;
+
+	if (*phead == 0)	{
+
+		p = Malloc(size * count);
+		*pcnt += count;
+		((struct xxx *) p)->next = 0;
+		while (--count) {
+			p += size;
+			((struct xxx *) p)->next = p - size;
+		}
+		*phead = p;
+	}
+	else p = *phead;
+	*phead = ((struct xxx *) p)->next;
+	p += size;
+	while (size--) *--p = 0;
+	return p;
+}