From: jacob AT wombaz DOT robin DOT de (Frank Jacob)
Date: 03 Feb 97 22:31:00 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re^2: 64 MB with EMM386
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Hello DJGPPler !

> When EMM386 is loaded, it is acting as your DPMI host, and appears to
> only give you 32Mb of RAM. If you don't load it, your programs will
> load CWSDPMI on startup, which is quite happy to give you up to 256Mb
> (128Mb physical and 128Mb virtual). The fact that you don't have much
> base memory free shouldn't matter for DJGPP programs as they treat all
> memory (almost) equally.

You are right, but how do I manage to use Smartdrv ? It needs EMM386.

Ciao, Frank