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From: Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: EMM386 limiting memory to 32Mb
Date: 17 Jul 1998 12:22:48 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Erisoft AB, Sweden
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Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) (salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar) wrote:
: Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg) wrote:
: > Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) (salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar) wrote:

[Klippa, klapp, kluppit.]

: > : 2Mb (if I remmember well) so they have 26Mb discounting 1Mb of code 
: > : lets around 25Mb .... not enough because it will swap a lot. Using 
: > : this EMM386 I get 52Mb of XMS letting 45Mb for the data ... I hope it 
: > : will avoid most of the swap ;-)
: > 
: > Hmm, can't CWSDPMI use extended memory directly? Thus no EMM386, hence 
: > perhaps no 32MB limit?

: Yes but then I can't run any DOS program because the base memory is 
: reduced from 600Kb to 450Kb (free memory I mean).

Another idea: how about the /NOEMS option to EMM386, then you have
UMBs and HIGHs mogly-thingies, but otherwise only extended memory?
This is how I'm running. 


Silence,

							MartinS

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