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- From: jct@slpfs1.UUCP (Jeff Tolmie)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: DOS extended memory problem
- Keywords: dos xms extended memory
- Message-ID: <100@slpfs1.UUCP>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 07:49:27 GMT
- Organization: SEL - Research Center, Pforzheim, DE
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- Hi All,
-
- I have a question about DOS compatibility. Recently, I copied jpeg3386
- from a MSDOS net and tried to get it to run. It thinks I have no extended
- memory. So I opened a DOS fullscreen and typed "mem". Now, OS/2 tells me that
- I have 2Mb XMS memory and 0 Mb contiguous extended memory available. This I
- find a bit confusing. Does anyone know what the difference is? I can adjust
- the XMS value via the DOS settings, but not this "contiguous extended memory".
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- The only thing I can think of is perhaps this 2nd value is what OS/2
- calculates as the usable memory. Is perhaps a device driver getting in the
- way? (The memory management from DOS is a JOKE!).
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
- Jeff.
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