Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 08:22:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: XMS ...
To: palomino!edward AT uunet DOT uu DOT net
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>Well, this is a slightly off post, but not completely out of this group. I am
>looking for an XMS tester program which I can compile with DJGPP. I ran into
>a potential problem when I tried to HIMEM.SYS. During its load phase, it
>reported a memory error around the 8M area. I want to see if it is only the
>one byte or if it is more.
Most BIOS's automatically reserve the last 384K of RAM for shadowing.  If you
only have 8MB total, this is probably where the problem lies.  Otherwise, there
is most likely an actual hardware problem ... :-(

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