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- From: vanwalle@ocpt.ccur.com (Van Wallendael)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
- Subject: Re: EMM386.exe (Re: Speeding up Win 3.1)
- Message-ID: <1629@ocpt.ccur.com>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 19:56:03 GMT
- References: <BuA34M.3r9@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Concurrent Computer Corporation, Oceanport NJ
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- Benjamin Wai (wai@sage.cc.purdue.edu) wrote:
- :
- : Can anyone please explain more about the function of EMM386.EXE?
- : I was not clever enough to understand fully how it functions from
- : the manual"s". The thing I know is that it can push half of my
- : drivers up to the high memory block, and free up at least 100K of
- : my base memory space.
- : The main problem came from the parameters, ie, what is and when
- : to use noems, ram, etc.
- : Also, whenever the EMM386.exe is loaded, pressing CTRL, ALT plus
- : a random key would simply hang the machine -- even with CTRL, ALT+DEL,
- : ie, it would not warm boot the computer. Does this meant to happen?
- :
- : Many thanks in advance for any help.
- :
- :
- : - Benjamin Wai < wai@cn.ecn.purdue.edu > < wai@sage.cc.purdue.edu >
- >
- > Ben,
- > The EMM386 driver is Microsofts Expanded Memory Manager. It really
- > does 2 things. 1- it enables the Upper Memory Blocks (UMB). This is
- > the "spare" memory that is in the 384k above 640k and below 1meg limit.
- > With EMM386 loaded with the NOEMS parameter - this enables the UMB's but
- > does not enable the Expanded memory (does not convert any Extended memory
- > to expanded). 2- You can use EMM386 to enable some Expanded Memory by using
- > the RAM option. If you use the RAM option, you get both UMB and Expanded
- > memory. Your machine should not lock up just because you have the EMM driver
- > loaded. Try using the NOEMS option first. If you're going to use the RAM
- > option, make sure that you can allocate a Page Frame successfully. It will
- > tell you, when it loads, when it can't.
- > Hope I helped.
- > Jeff
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