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Date: | Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:16:15 +0200 |
From: | "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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To: | lancep AT bcm DOT tmc DOT edu |
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In-reply-to: | <39CB7D13.606B286E@bcm.tmc.edu> (lancep@bcm.tmc.edu) |
Subject: | Re: EMM386 and DPMI |
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> From: "Lance W. Patterson" <lancep AT bcm DOT tmc DOT edu> > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp > Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:38:59 -0500 > > Microsoft's "EMM386.EXE" is used primarily for two things. > > 1. Freeing up "real mode" memory. > 2. Providing EMS memory(a joke), if needed. Before you dismiss EMS as ``a joke'', let me remind you that EMS is required to have VCPI, which is not a joke at all in the context of DJGPP. See section 3.9 of the DJGPP FAQ list for more details about this.
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