diff --git a/colortables.cc b/colortables.cc
index 3f5f6a3..2ed9004 100644
--- a/colortables.cc
+++ b/colortables.cc
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <types.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-
-unsigned char *bigcoltab640a = NULL;
-unsigned char *bigcoltab640b = NULL;
-unsigned char *bigcoltab320 = NULL;
+#include "colortables.h"
 
 const unsigned char coltab320[] = {
         /* bbgggrrr - incoming pixel data */
@@ -81,18 +78,6 @@ const unsigned char coltab640[] = {
         /* 11111 */ 0xAA,0xAA,0xAA,0xAA,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF
 };
 
-BOOLEAN AllocateBigColorTables (void)
-{
-    bigcoltab640a = malloc(65536);
-    bigcoltab640b = malloc(65536);
-    bigcoltab320 = malloc(65536);
-
-    if (bigcoltab640a==NULL || bigcoltab640b==NULL || bigcoltab320==NULL)
-        return FALSE;
-
-    return TRUE;
-}
-
 /* iters = number of iterations to do (must be > 0) */
 BOOLEAN MakeBigColorTables (unsigned int iters)
 {
diff --git a/colortables.h b/colortables.h
index fc22244..ed33131 100644
--- a/colortables.h
+++ b/colortables.h
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ extern unsigned char *bigcoltab640a;
 extern unsigned char *bigcoltab640b;
 extern unsigned char *bigcoltab320;
 
-BOOLEAN AllocateBigColorTables(void);
 BOOLEAN MakeBigColorTables(unsigned int);
diff --git a/make b/make
index b4eeded..05f4ad9 100644
--- a/make
+++ b/make
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ for file in vncview vncsession vncdisplay colortables \
         end
 end
 
+for file in tables
+        unset exit
+        newer {file}.a {file}.asm
+        if {status} != 0
+                set exit on
+                assemble {file}.asm keep={file}
+                set link true
+        end
+end
+
 unset exit
 newer vncview.rezfork vncview.rez
 if {status} != 0
@@ -35,7 +45,7 @@ if {status} != 0
 end
 
 if {link} == true
-        link vncview vncsession vncdisplay colortables \
+        link vncview vncsession vncdisplay colortables tables \
              desktopsize mouse keyboard copyrect raw hextile clipboard \
              keep=VNCview.GS
         filetype VNCview.GS S16 $DB03
diff --git a/tables.asm b/tables.asm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d60c30a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tables.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+	case on
+
+* Color tables
+* 64k each, each in its own segment
+
+BCT640A	data	COLTAB640A
+	ds	$10000
+	end
+
+BCT640B	data	COLTAB640B
+	ds	$10000
+	end
+
+BCT320	data	COLTAB320
+	ds	$10000
+	end
+
+* Pointers to color tables, used for accessing them from C
+* These must be in the blank load segment so they can be accessed as C globals
+* (in the small memory model).
+
+bigcoltab640a	data
+	dc	i4'BCT640A'
+	end
+
+bigcoltab640b	data
+	dc	i4'BCT640B'
+	end
+
+bigcoltab320	data
+	dc	i4'BCT320'
+	end
diff --git a/vncview.cc b/vncview.cc
index cfb5ea1..33a8e58 100644
--- a/vncview.cc
+++ b/vncview.cc
@@ -355,12 +355,6 @@ void Quit (void) {
     if (readBufferHndl)
         DisposeHandle(readBufferHndl);  /* Get rid of TCPIP read buffer hndl */
 
-    if (bigcoltab320)
-        free(bigcoltab320);
-    if (bigcoltab640a)
-        free(bigcoltab640a);
-    if (bigcoltab640b)
-        free(bigcoltab640b);
     if (cursor)
         free(cursor);
 
@@ -421,13 +415,6 @@ int main (void) {
         Quit();
     }
 
-    if (!AllocateBigColorTables()) {
-        SysBeep();
-        InitCursor();
-        AlertWindow(awResource, NULL, outOfMemoryError);
-        Quit();
-    }
-
     InitScreen();                       /* Set up color tables */
 
     LoadScrap();                        /* put scrap in memory */