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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 13:16:27 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Daniel Taupin <taupin AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr>
cc: DJGPP List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Help wanted
In-Reply-To: <34BB6919.6D1BF1AC@lps.u-psud.fr>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980114131608.8730I-100000@is>
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On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Daniel Taupin wrote:

> a- Does DJGPP (V2) use virtual memory? (not disabled in my Win95)

Of course it does.

> b- Should I change the parameter/system/memory options which by
> default are all AUTO (EMS, XMS, DPMI).

Only DPMI.  Set it to 64MB (see section 15.6 of the DJGPP FAQ list for
details).  DJGPP doesn't use EMS or XMS on Windows, so it doesn't
matter what these are set to.

> c- BTW, is there a perl command to check either the amount of memory
> used or free at any moment?

Invoke `go32-v2.exe' from the script, it will report the amount of
memory available to DJGPP programs at that point.

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