Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:48:26 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
cc: b52g AT usa DOT net, djgpp AT delorie DOT com, nate AT cartsys DOT com
Subject: Re: EMM386 limiting memory to 32Mb
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) wrote:

> In all the cases go32-v2 reports around 52Mb of free memory.
> 
> Eli: perhaps you can add it to the FAQ.

I would certainly do, but I need to be sure what exactly is the bottom
line here.

Are you saying that to work around the 32MB limitation of EMM386 all
you need to do is to use the NOEMS parameter?

Or are you telling that NOVCPI has to be used as well (in DOS 6 and
later)?

If the latter, then disabling VCPI has some disadvantages, and I'm not
sure if they apply to this case.  For example, if you use NOVCPI and
shell out of a DJGPP program, how much extended memory do non-DJGPP
program see?