From: robin <thomasrd AT spammersdie DOT muohio DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: newbie question about RAM, DPMI's, and the FAQs
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 13:33:08 -0500
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Maybe it's my Unix contamination, but I interpreted "Swap space" as using the hard
disk as virtual memory.  I'm not sure why there would be a distinction between
memory available and swap space if it all comes from RAM.  then again, maybe I
don't know too much.

robin


> : I have the "Auto" selected on the extended memory option of the Memory tab
> : for the Dos window.  When I run go-32 it tells me "DPMI memory available
> : 41031 Kb   DPMI Swap space available  86849 Kb"  Looks like I don't have all
> : 128 Mb available using "Auto".
>
> And what is 41031 + 86849?
>
> Odlfield, Crises,
>
>                                                         MartinS