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Re: Memory problem in DOS

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From: Joseph M. Spreng
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:00
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Matthew Billett,

  Yep that will work too but since EMS memory is only used by some older
DOS programs and games an XMS memory configuration is better, until you
run into one that MUST have EMS memory, most current DOS games are DOS4G
which uses XMS OK. Also an EMS memory configuration reduces the UMB
available by 64 KB and Win95 doesn't use EMS anyway.

  Later

Matthew Billett wrote:

> In article <33DB9F10...@ct1.nai.net>, "Joseph M. Spreng"
> <jmsp...@ct1.nai.net> writes
> >Mark Owen Scott,
> >
> >  Here's my CONFIG.SYS, less the CD ROM driver that I use:
> >
> >DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /V
> >DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS D=64 X=C000-C7FF /V
> >DOS=HIGH,UMB,AUTO
> >FILESHIGH=50
> >BUFFERSHIGH=22
> >STACKSHIGH=9,256
> >FCBSHIGH=1,0
> >LASTDRIVEHIGH=Z
> >SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:768 /P
> >DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS
> >BREAK=ON
> >
> >  You need to load HIMEM.SYS & EMM386.EXE to setup your DOS memory.
> >
> >  Later.
> >
> >Mark Owen Scott wrote:
> >
>
> Try this.....
>
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS RAM D=64 X=C000-C7FF /V
>                                    ^^^
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matt
>
> --
> Matthew Billett



--
  Good Luck.

Joseph M. Spreng
jmsp...@ct1.nai.net

"If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks
like a duck you've got a duck." -- Dan Rather
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From: "Joseph M. Spreng" <jmsp...@ct1.nai.net>
Subject: Re: Memory problem in DOS
Date: 1997/07/30
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