From:	"Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: A memory limit when you run command to get out of windows?
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"James W Sager Iii" <sager+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote in message
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>
> I've recently been getting an error when I allocate too much memory
> inside Djgpp that causes a crash.
>
> Is there a memory limit on DOS when you run command to exit windows?
>
> I'm good with DOS, but upgrades have made it impossible for me to run
> pure dos.  I normally used highmem, ramdisk, and smartdrv, but these
> utilities aren't available to me.
>
> Just curious...  Trying to track down a tough bug.

DJGPP allocates DPMI memory not conventional memory.

How much memory are you allocating in your task?

Tom

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