From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Creating PIFs (WAS Re: Allegro problems)
Date:	Sun, 18 May 1997 17:29:44 -0400
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> Btw, Windows 3.x doesn't have any DPMI settings on the PIF, you need 
> to set the XMS limit to -1 instead.  As for Windows 95, I don't know 
> what's in its PIF and whether DPMI is there.  Anybody?

in win 95, right-clicking on the msdos program's filename brings up a
menu from which you can choose properties to edit the pif for that
program. the property sheet has, among others, a page named "Memory"
where you can set the dpmi option. the max amount in the pulldown list
is 16 Mb. ignore that and set it to 64 Mb (65536 Kb) manually to get the
max possible virtual memory for dos programs.

some time ago there was an article in dr dobbs on how to
programmatically set pif info in win 95. if (generic) you are
interested, you can search their web site at http://www.ddj.com for
source code. if anyone is really desperate, i can go through the issues
i have to see if i can find a reference to the article.

-- 
   Sinan
 
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