From:	SEE DOT REPLY-TO AT f615 DOT n109 DOT z1 DOT fidonet DOT org (SEE.REPLY-TO)
Date:	Thu, 11 Nov 1993 08:27:58 -0500
Subject:	Extended, Expanded, XMS
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

Reply-to: Bruce DOT Feist AT p0 DOT f615 DOT n109 DOT z1 DOT fidonet DOT org (Bruce Feist)
Fido-To: dj

> 1. the code generated by DJGPP runs slowly (slower than the TC 3.0
> generated code) on my 40 MB RAM using HIMEM.SYS, possibly due to
> swapping to disc.

D> Run "mem" and make sure that you have *available* memory.
D> Note that if you're using emm386 or qemm you must have
D> available *expanded* memory, else it uses XMS or extended.

Is using XMS or extended memory a worse than using expanded?  If so, why?

Bruce

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