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From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <see_below AT the_message_body DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DPMI
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 11:31:08 +0400
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88h/int 15h is not capable to tell you about RAM above 64MB. :)

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Alexei A. Frounze
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Prashant TR wrote:
> 
> > Nope. There is no. You should either refer CMOS or special BIOS functions
> > available in modern BIOSes that have Phoenix extensions. I.e. on almost any
> > Pentium.
> 
> You need to try EAX=E820, AX=E801, AH=88h/INT 15H all in that order. But then, most
> memory managers hook these interrupts, so you won't get the right value unless you
> are running uder plain DOS.


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