Hi, On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Jack <gykazequ...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Unless you need EMS, you don't truly need JEMMEX itself. Last >> I checked, I don't think it would let you run XMS only unless >> you did "NOEMS", and even that still left you in V86 mode. > > Did not try this on FreeDOS, but on my "old" V6.22 MS-DOS, the > edited CONFIG.SYS file "booted" with NO "gripes or groans"!! > > Rugxulo, I REALLY think you should check AGAIN running JEMM386 > without "NOEMS" -- worked fine for me!
In the past I always had EMM386 enabled, and it worked fine. In fact, some apps explicitly needed EMS and/or EMM386. But nowadays, FreeDOS is so good at keep low RAM free that I don't need UMBs for average stuff, esp. not DJGPP/DPMI things, so I would only do "JEMM386 LOAD" and "UNLOAD" at runtime if needed (rarely). My point was that JEMMEX is basically just HIMEMX + JEMM386 bound together, and you can't just load at runtime (if XMS already enabled) because it only uses its own XMS manager built-in. So while it saves a few kb of space by combining them, it's slightly less useful if you don't want EMS or UMBs (and/or have a very rare app that refuses to run under V86 mode). Also I very vaguely remember some apps in the old days not working correctly with NOEMS. Long story short: heh, 30+ years of compatibility can be a pain. But it's much easier to use (for me) than the alternatives. ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
