Em 18-10-2011 22:34, Rugxulo escreveu: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Alain Mouette<ala...@pobox.com> wrote: >> Em 18-10-2011 20:33, Rugxulo escreveu: >>> >>> BTW, call me naive, but does that above line even give you any UMB >>> space?? If not (and NOEMS), why use EMM386 at all?? (Just use XMS.) >>> :-/ >> >> Other things did not work anly with XMS, among other things emm386 puts >> the machine in protected mode, this helped something... > > Eh? That would be weird. Hmmm, now that I think about it, I think > CWSDPMI (and/or other DPMI hosts) can't handle fragmented XMS (or hog > it all for themselves), so shelled out apps don't have anything to > use. Perhaps you're relying on that? In that case, yes, the 4 kb pages > help, oddly enough. Otherwise it's not so recommended (esp. since EMS > isn't as widely used in most "modern" DOS apps), as you probably > already know, esp. regarding DPMI 1.0 extensions and CWSDPMI r7. > >> And es, you are right, it gave me no UMB, which in that situation is >> just a minor annoyance. My program is 32 bits so it does not need much >> lower memory. > > DJGPP, perhaps? If OpenWatcom, you could (should) try a different > extender (DOS/32A or Causeway).
I use OpenWatcom, with Causeway. I tried WDOSX and DOS4G but they were not as relyable as Causeway. > I guess UMBPCI is out of the question?? Completly, it is hardware dependant and does not behave well on unknown hardware. >> I tried but could not find a range to exclude that worked and would >> leave me some UMB :( > I find that hard to believe. Basicaly due to lack of time. It was kind of a emergency rescue... > But luckily FreeDOS is pretty efficient > anyways (at least with XMS available). :) Alain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Ciosco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
