From:	Tormod Tjaberg <tormod AT sn DOT no>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	How do I allocate more than 64MB with CWSDPMI under DOS
Date:	Mon, 22 Jun 1998 21:53:08 -0700
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Hi all,

I'm trying to allocate an array of 80MB of RAM on my PC which
is equipped with 96MB's of RAM. I'm using cwsdpmi for my DPMI server.

I understand that RAW BIOS calls only support up to 64Mb so I've
installed the "himem.sys" driver from Win95. At my DOS prompt mem tells
me that I have 96MB of XMS memory.

I've configured cwsdpmi so that swapping is disabled. But the program
does not work. I am not able to allocate more than 64MB of memory. It
looks as if cwsdpmi refuses to let me have more than 64MB without
using virtual memory. 

Can anybody explain this mystery ?

Tormod

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