Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 15:42:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: GnuC memory allocation and swapping do disk.
To: PGOLDA AT eleceng DOT uct DOT ac DOT za
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>AAhhhh. But you forget your e-mail is directed at a place in the 
>middle of the jungle. I'm still forced to use DOS 5.0, because DOS 
>6.21 doesn't work with the network, and they can't afford to buy so 
>many copies of DOS 6.20 or DOS 6.22. So, I'm stuck with EITHER EMS or 
>XMS.

Are you allowed to use a third-party memory manager (EMM386/QEMM/TLB)?
They generally support both...also, can't you install JUST the EMM386 of
DOS 6?  I don't _think_ it checks the DOS version; if it does, you can try
fooling it with SetVer.

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