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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 93 10:21:30 -0400
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: agati AT uts340 DOT univ DOT trieste DOT it
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, agati AT uts340 DOT univ DOT trieste DOT it
Subject: Re: go32 crashes using virtual memory

> machine cold booted. Someone suggested that problem comes from the ISA bus
> which wraps around when it reaches 16 MB (4 MB RAM + 16 MB swap =  20 MB
> i.e. the point where the program crashed).

Sorry, virtual memory does not work this way.  The disk paging file
does not go through the ISA bus.  A number of probable logic faults in
the paging routines in go32 have been noted, but I haven't had a
chance to really work on the problem.

DJ


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