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From:	expert AT expert DOT cc DOT purdue DOT edu (Robert Galles)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Help with CWSDPMI and virtual memory
Date:	28 Feb 1996 15:28:19 GMT
Organization:	Purdue University
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I was wondering how to configure CWSDPMI in order to use virtual memory.
Does it do this by default?

I have tried:

	CWSDPMI				/* alone */
	CWSDPMI -p			/* install permanently */
	CWSDPMI -sc:\cwsdpmi.swp	/* redundant -- I think */


BTW: I have read the FAQ and the CWSDPMI.DOC file and have been unable
to decipher the truth.

My assumption is that CWSDPMI *does* do virtual memory by default and
that I'm just out of luck.


I am trying to configure CWSDPMI in order to fool QUAKE into thinking my
computer is not as obsolete as it really is.

I have a i486DX2-50MHz computer with only 4MB RAM... but I was curious
as to whether or not (with virtual memory from CWSDPMI) I could get QUAKE
to just "run" (I'd be happy with "walk" or "crawl" .. just something more
than "page fault").

*DISCLAIMER*

YES -- I *KNOW* I'm suppose to have a Pentium++ with 8MB++ RAM -- I'm
just "messing around" and wanting to learn more about the CWSDPMI settings.

this question only resulted from my trying to run Quake... I'm
mainly interested in a more verbose explanation of the CWSDPMI command
line arguments, and some insight on how it uses virtual memory.

(For instance, is the swap file dynamically created and destroyed --
I never saw the swap file after running...)

Thanks for any help!

-bob

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