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Message-Id: <m0z0njX-000S4TC@inti.gov.ar>
Comments: Authenticated sender is <salvador AT natacha DOT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
Organization: INTI
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, nate AT cartsys DOT com
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:04:18 +0000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Re: EMM386 limiting memory to 32Mb
CC: b52g AT usa DOT net, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
References: <35B7BB95 DOT 57E7B48C AT cartsys DOT com>
In-reply-to: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980726120655.26387J-100000@is>

Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:
> 
> > 256MB as of r4.  And CWSDPMI can't use EMS anyway, only XMS and the
> > like.  (Yes, pedantic I know.)
> 
> Even more nit-picking: under a memory manager such as QEMM or EMM386,
> CWSDPMI uses the VCPI interface, which is an extension of EMS.  The
> NOEMS parameter on the manager command line disables VCPI together
> with EMS (and so is not recommended, unless you have a good reason for
> using it).

Not true in the three EMM386 I tried from:
DOS 6.22, Window 3.11 and Windows 95 OSR1.0

They have a NOVCPI switch for that. And I point why you could want to use it 
in a separated mail ;-)
 
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