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Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 11:52:07 PDT
From: Peter Crowley <pcrowley AT qdeck DOT com>
To: mcastle AT mcs213k DOT cs DOT umr DOT edu, sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Malloc behavior and interrupts

>As an aside:  When the first patches to let go32 run under dv came out,
>there was a go32= option call -vcpi_limit that effectively limited the
>maximum amount of physical memory go32 would use before starting to page
>(ie, working set model).  As I do almost practically all of my work from
>inside desqview, I would love to see this option return (I don't think
>it was ever part of the official djgcc release).

Another way to limit VCPI/EMS/XMS usage in DV (or DVX) is to set the
'Maximum Expanded Memory Size (in K)' field on the 'Advanced Options' screen
of 'Change a Program'.

Peter Crowley
Quarterdeck Offices Systems


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