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From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: \windows\emm386 broken, \dos\emm386 works
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 08:48:09 CST
Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
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> _excrutiatingly slowly_ under dos 6.2. Eventually I discovered that using 
> the \dos\emm386.exe instead of \windows\emm386.exe solved the problem.

The DOS 6 EMM386 pools XMS and EMS memory.  The Win 3.x (and DOS 5) would
have fixed allocations of memory between EMS and XMS, with the default
being 256K EMS.  Since GO32 uses VCPI/EMS memory, you only get 256K of
memory under the stupid fixed allocation of the earlier EMM386 versions.

There are workarounds for the earlier EMM386 versions, but the easiest
fix is to change to something else, like you did.  Checking the memory
that DJGPP sees as available with the GO32 command should be the first
thing you do before trying any real work on a box.  If it's not at least
3Mb, you need to see if you can find some more.