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From: Bernie <bernie AT mbox302 DOT swipnet DOT se>
Subject: RE: Total memory?
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:39:13 +0100
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Joe wrote:
>The amount of extended memory is returned by interrupt $15, function
>$88. Beware however, that interrupt $15 can crash some XT machines!

But isn't this limited to the ammount the XMS driver can handle?
I don't know the limit for DR-DOS but MS-DOS 6.x has the limit at 64MB. If
you copy himem.sys from 7.x you get a lot more - I haven't tried to figure
out the limit since 128MB "should be enough for everyone" ;-)
//Bernie