Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 17:50:18 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: newbie question about RAM, DPMI's, and the FAQs
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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, robin wrote:

> >
> > Section 15.6 explains how to set the DPMI memory amount available in
> > the Windows 9X DOS box.  If you have 128MB of RAM, just set it to
> > "Auto", and you should have about 120MB available.
> 
> I have the "Auto" selected on the extended memory option of the Memory tab
> for the Dos window.  When I run go-32 it tells me "DPMI memory available
> 41031 Kb   DPMI Swap space available  86849 Kb"  Looks like I don't have all
> 128 Mb available using "Auto".

You can never have all of the 128MB, because Windows takes up some of 
this amount.  The sum of the two numbers is about 127,880 KB, which is 
pretty close.  (Don't pay any attention to the division of memory between 
these two numbers: it is entirely arbitrary on any OS but plain DOS.  
Only the sum counts.)