Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/10/13/12:06:42
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, A. Sinan Unur wrote:
>
> > DPMI memory available: 78219 Kb
> > DPMI swap space available: 0 Kb
> >
> > C:\Dload>
> >
> > note that dpmi memory is set to 65535 in settings. here's the relevant
> > bit from my config.sys
>
> I might be too dense today, but what exactly is the question? Do you
> wonder why Windows lets you use more than you ahve asked for?
i was under the impression that dpmi under windows was limited to 64Mb
TOTAL so, i was just curious.
> > i have win 95 osr2 with vcache limited to 4Mb.
> I don't recommend such a low setting. Windows expands and shrinks
> the cache as needed, so you shouldn't need to limit it by a fixed
> number.
>
> FWIW, my cache size is usually about 16MB, but a build of a large
> package (e.g., Web2C) can take it up to 40MB (on a 64MB machine). I
> don't see any problem with these numbers.
after extensive experimentation, i decided leaving the cache size fixed
was fine, because otherwise windows gobbles up all available physical
memory pretty fast. also, my i have the swap file permenantly set at 64
Mb. i think everything runs smoothly.
-- Sinan
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A. Sinan Unur
Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of
Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
mailto:Sinan DOT Unur AT cornell DOT edu
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/asu1/
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