From: MORRIS JP <jpmorris AT csm DOT uwe DOT ac DOT uk>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:27:13 GMT
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To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] where does XMSWAP.TMP come from?
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> From jfudge AT adams DOT berk DOT net Thu Feb 27 23:31:44 1997
> From: "James Fudge" <jfudge AT adams DOT berk DOT net>
> To: "MORRIS JP" <jpmorris AT csm DOT uwe DOT ac DOT uk>
> Subject: Re: [opendos] where does XMSWAP.TMP come from?
> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 18:29:20 -0800
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> > From: MORRIS JP <jpmorris AT csm DOT uwe DOT ac DOT uk>
> > To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
> > Subject: [opendos] where does XMSWAP.TMP come from?
> > Date: Thursday, February 27, 1997 4:08 AM
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> > 
> > Occasionally I look at drive C: and find it is full.
> > Looking in the root directory, I come across a huge file (50MB)
> > called XMSWAP.TMP (or similar).
> > 
> > Does anyone know which program is leaving it behind?
> > 
> 
> i would point to windows.
> 

Actually it was povray.  The Intel dos extender gets into a fight with emm386.
Many ROOT V86 processes crash (why? how?).

I have upgraded it to the watcom version which seems to run better under
opendos.