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Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 15:42:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: GnuC memory allocation and swapping do disk.
To: PGOLDA AT eleceng DOT uct DOT ac DOT za
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>AAhhhh. But you forget your e-mail is directed at a place in the 
>middle of the jungle. I'm still forced to use DOS 5.0, because DOS 
>6.21 doesn't work with the network, and they can't afford to buy so 
>many copies of DOS 6.20 or DOS 6.22. So, I'm stuck with EITHER EMS or 
>XMS.

Are you allowed to use a third-party memory manager (EMM386/QEMM/TLB)?
They generally support both...also, can't you install JUST the EMM386 of
DOS 6?  I don't _think_ it checks the DOS version; if it does, you can try
fooling it with SetVer.

--- Aaron Ucko (ucko AT vax1 DOT rockhurst DOT edu; finger for PGP public key) -=- httyp!
-=*=-Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.-=*=-
Geek code 2.1 [finger hayden AT vax1 DOT mankato DOT msus DOT edu for explanation]: 
 GCS/M/S d(-) H s g+ p? !au a-- w+ v+ C++(+++)>++++ U-(S+)>++++ P+ L>++ 3(-) 
 E-(----) !N>++ K- W(--) M-(--) V(--) po-(--) Y+(++) t(+) !5 j R G tv--(-) 
 b+++ !D(--) B--(---) e>++++(*) u++(@) h!() f(+) r-(--)>+++ n+(-) y?

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