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From:	Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: RAM limits
Date:	Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:10:56 CST
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>   I remember seeing some discussion of problems with having too much
> RAM, or at least not having it all recognized.  Is that a problem for
> folks using true DOS, or Windows DOS boxes?  It looks like I'm going to
> end up with 768 Mb on my motherboard soon, and I wonder if I'll face
> issues with DJGPP programming.

Win 9x (including ME) can have problems with over 512Mb - but if you
set some additional parameters in (system.ini?) it should work OK.

Under DOS with CWSDPMI r5 you shouldn't have problems using up to
500Mb of it.  If you want to use more, bug me.

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