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Article #722340Re: Memory problem in DOS
From: Matthew Billett
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:00
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In article <33DD2B...@ix.netcom.com>, Robert Steffy <reve...@ix.netcom.com> writes >> >> Try this..... >> >> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS RAM D=64 X=C000-C7FF /V >> ^^^ > >Why would you want NOEMS and RAM on the same Emm386 line? they both do >opposite things...Besides that would STILL not do ANYTHING to alleviate >the particular problem he is experiencing. The RAM parameter, in conjunction with DOS=UMB, is required if you want high memory blocks. Try it and see. The NOEMS mean you don't need a 64K page frame, hence 64K extra high memory and NO EMS memory. > >If you want more HI memory, add this to the very end of the line. > >I=B000-B7FF > The above memory area is available if you don't have a monochrome card installed, anyone out there with a monochrome card? >(those are zeros not letter "o"'s) > >That will open up a portion of memory normally reserved for monochrome >monitors and release it to high memory... >that should help > >Robert Steffy >reve...@ix.netcom.com -- Matthew Billett
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From: Matthew Billett <Ma...@billett.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Memory problem in DOS Date: 1997/07/30 Message-ID: <BGnbvCAi0w3zEwNR@billett.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 261181782 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: billett.demon.co.uk [194.222.68.9] References: <33D5A163.E073DDC0@netvigator.com> <33D76384.7819@worldnet.att.net> <33D7957C.7AA3FD58@netvigator.com> <33DB11B1.62E0280A@cs.utexas.edu> <33DB9F10.7C0D9C6C@ct1.nai.net> <bCMdeAANuE3zEwP+@billett.demon.co.uk> <33DD2BC5.4907@ix.netcom.com> Organization: None Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit