Message-ID: <325C07D9.5192@tempe.vlsi.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 13:15:21 -0700
From: Charles Marslett <charles DOT marslett AT tempe DOT vlsi DOT com>
Organization: VLSI Technology, Inc.
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To: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Stub error messages (Was: Re: 'Cannot open')
References: <9610072205 DOT AA14403 AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
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Charles Sandmann wrote:
> 
> >       1) The code reads and writes ports, so NT might not allow it.
> > But I'm not sure that NT will at all let you use all of the available
> > memory in the DOS box anyway.  Charles?
> 
> It runs on my NT box here without bitching, but reports 1664KB of main
> memory, so I don't think it works properly (the machine has 64Mb of memory).

I seem to remember something from the PC Interrupt List to the effect
that the CMOS memory size is limited to 16 MB, and other techniques are
necessary to identify more memory (different CMOS fields for newer
machines, maybe?, or perhaps the need to do a quick diagnostic?).

--Charles