Create a single linked list & print the largest element from the list

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
struct list
{
       int info;
       struct list *next;
};
typedef struct list node;
node *start;
main()
{
      void create();
      void show();
      int max_item();
      start=NULL;
      create();
      printf("\nThe Linked List :\n");
      show();
      printf("\nThe largest element=%d",max_item());
      getch();
}
void create()
{
     node *ptr,*temp,*new_node;
     int n,val,i;
     printf("\nEnter the no. of nodes :");
     scanf("%d",&n);
     for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
     {
        new_node=(node *)malloc(sizeof(node));
        if(new_node==NULL)
        {
           printf("\nOverflow");
           return;
           }
      printf("\nEnter the value for node %d :",i);
      scanf("%d",&val);
      new_node->info=val;
      new_node->next=NULL;
      if(start==NULL)
      {
        ptr=new_node;
        start=ptr;
        }
       else
       {
           ptr->next=new_node;
           ptr=ptr->next;
           }
       }
      return;
      }
 void show()
 {
      node *ptr;
      ptr=start;
      while(ptr!=NULL)
      {
         if(ptr->next==NULL)
         printf("%d",ptr->info);
         else
         printf("%d-->",ptr->info);
         ptr=ptr->next;
         }
     return;
     }
 int max_item()
 {
   node *ptr;
   int max;
   ptr=start;
   max=ptr->info;
   ptr=ptr->next;
   while(ptr!=NULL)
   {
      if(ptr->info > max)
      {
         max=ptr->info;
         }
     ptr=ptr->next;
     }
     return(max);
}