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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 93 14:21:25 CDT
From: "Jeremy Mathers" <pynq AT midway DOT uchicago DOT edu>
To: leung AT unixg DOT ubc DOT ca
Subject: Re: DJGPP & OS/2 - fact or myth?
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

You wrote:

>Wrong.  OS/2 provides virtual memory to applications, and GO32 cannot
>tell whether it's getting real physical memory or virtual memory from
>the DPMI server.

Trite, but true.  I was, of course, theorizing that, for some reason,
GO32 required physical memory and could not use OS/2 provided virtual memory.

>You need to change the 'DPMI_DOS_LIMIT' setting (and possibly
>'DPMI_DOS_API' to 'enabled') under 'DOS settings' of the object for
>the DOS session.

Yup - did the trick.  Mea culpa for wasting everyone's time with this.
(Please do not send me anymore mail on the subject - I may get testy
with my replies...)

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