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From: "Charles Sandmann" <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: malloc() and CWSDPMI 4.0
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 18:28:32
Organization: Aspen Technology, Inc.
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> I followed your advice and booted only with himem.sys from Win98, but
> I can only access 32 MB with CWSDPR0. I tried following program
> example: ...

> When I run this program in DOS-Box of Win98, I get all the 96 MB, but
> I don't know if it is virtual memory. Under plain DOS 7.10 (booted
> from disk) I get 64 MB without CWSDPR0 and 32 MB with it. 

Unless the disk is full or your CWSDPMI.EXE has been CWSPARAM'ed pretty
severely, you should be able to get at least 128Mb of virtual memory
without CWSDPR0 and about 96Mb with it.  What's the output from
GO32-V2?

Does the DOS "mem" command show the 96Mb of memory (under DOS)?

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