diff --git a/src/MemoryBlock.cpp b/src/MemoryBlock.cpp
index ba44112..a07e091 100644
--- a/src/MemoryBlock.cpp
+++ b/src/MemoryBlock.cpp
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 //! @param[in] _nextBlock  pointer to the next memory block (NULL if none)
 //! @param[in] _startAddr  start address of the region of memory represented.
-//! @param[in] numWords    Number of words in the array supplied
-//! @param[in] wordArray   Array of words with which to initialize the memory.
+//! @param[in] numBytes    Number of bytes in the array supplied
+//! @param[in] byteArray   Array of bytes with which to initialize the memory.
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MemoryBlock::MemoryBlock (MemoryBlock *_nextBlock,
 			  uint32_t     _startAddr,
@@ -45,14 +45,9 @@ MemoryBlock::MemoryBlock (MemoryBlock *_nextBlock,
 			  uint8_t     *byteArray) :
   nextBlock (_nextBlock),
   startAddr (_startAddr),
-  byteSize (numBytes)
+  byteSize (numBytes),
+  memory (byteArray)
 {
-  memory = new uint8_t [byteSize];
-
-  for (int b = 0 ; b < numBytes ; b++ )
-    {
-      memory[b] = byteArray[b];
-    }
 }	// MemoryBlock ()
 
 
@@ -78,10 +73,9 @@ MemoryBlock::MemoryBlock (MemoryBlock *_nextBlock,
 			  bool         targetIsLittleEndianP) :
   nextBlock (_nextBlock),
   startAddr (_startAddr),
-  byteSize (numWords * BYTES_PER_WORD)
+  byteSize (numWords * BYTES_PER_WORD),
+  memory (reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(wordArray))
 {
-  memory = new uint8_t [byteSize];
-
   for (int w = 0 ; w < numWords ; w++ )
     {
       int       b   = w * BYTES_PER_WORD;
diff --git a/src/SimProc.cpp b/src/SimProc.cpp
index 18ef4fd..41cd39c 100644
--- a/src/SimProc.cpp
+++ b/src/SimProc.cpp
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ SimProc::parseSpecificMemoryClause (ScannerObject  memoryType)
   else
     {
       // Error recovery time. We should never get here, so if we do scan until
-      // we find either the start ofa new memory clause or EOF.
+      // we find either the start of a new memory clause or EOF.
       parseError ("Memory specification expected, but not found. Skipping.");
       skipBlock ();
       return;
@@ -1068,18 +1068,16 @@ SimProc::parseSpecificMemoryClause (ScannerObject  memoryType)
       if (SO_BYTE == memoryType)
 	{
 	  uint8_t *byteArray = new uint8_t [byteSize];
-	  parseMemoryValues (memoryType, (int)byteSize, (void *)byteArray);
+	  parseMemoryValues (memoryType, byteSize, (void *)byteArray);
 	  memList = new MemoryBlock (memList, baseAddr, byteSize, byteArray);
-	  delete [] byteArray;
 	}
       else
 	{
 	  uint32_t  wordSize  = byteSize / BYTES_PER_WORD;
 	  uint32_t *wordArray = new uint32_t [wordSize];
-	  parseMemoryValues (memoryType, (int)wordSize, (void *)wordArray);
+	  parseMemoryValues (memoryType, wordSize, (void *)wordArray);
 	  memList = new MemoryBlock (memList, baseAddr, wordSize, wordArray,
 				     isLittleEndianP);
-	  delete [] wordArray;
 	}
     }
 }	// parseSpecificMemoryClause ()
@@ -1192,13 +1190,13 @@ SimProc::parseMemoryParams (uint32_t &baseAddr,
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void
 SimProc::parseMemoryValues (ScannerObject  memoryType,
-			    int            arraySize,
+			    uint32_t       arraySize,
 			    void          *memArray)
 {
   uint8_t  *byteArray = (uint8_t *)memArray;
   uint32_t *wordArray = (uint32_t *)memArray;
 
-  int  nextMem = 0;
+  uint32_t  nextMem = 0;
 
 #ifdef PARSE_DEBUG
   cout << "-- parseMemoryvalues" << endl;
@@ -1216,7 +1214,7 @@ SimProc::parseMemoryValues (ScannerObject  memoryType,
 	    {
 	      if (SO_BYTE == memoryType)
 		{
-		  byteArray[nextMem] = (uint32_t)numberLval;
+		  byteArray[nextMem] = (uint8_t)numberLval;
 		}
 	      else
 		{
diff --git a/src/SimProc.h b/src/SimProc.h
index b2c475d..142adf1 100644
--- a/src/SimProc.h
+++ b/src/SimProc.h
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class SimProc
   void  parseMemoryParams (uint32_t &baseAddr,
 			   uint32_t &byteSize);
   void  parseMemoryValues (ScannerObject  memoryType,
-			   int            arraySize,
+			   uint32_t       arraySize,
 			   void          *memArray);
 
   // Parser support functions