#OS/2 issues
Dear Yost Group Entity:
PMJI,I'm out of my league discussing this Phar Lap extender business, ADI
interfaces, etc, but since you're on the topic, maybe you could help clear
something for me. Basically, I am trying to figure out what kind of memory 3D
Studio _really_ likes. Most people outside this forum get glassy eyed when I
start talking VCPI compliance and Phar Lap. The only types of memory I think I
have a fairly clear idea of are Conventional, High Memory, High Memory Area,
and Extended Memory. Expanded EMS (LIM and LIM 4) is kind of in between for
me. Basically, I get the idea it is an old way of doing the same thing as
extended memory.
1. If I read the Installation and Performance guide properly, it sounds like
the ideal is a pure system with lots of RAM and no memory manager (i.e. No
emm386, 386Max, or Qemm). How does Himem.sys fit in here? (seems to work OK on
my system, but there's always room for more speed). I also use Smartdrv.
2. If a memory manager must be used, it must be 1. VCPI compliant (all three
mentioned above are) and, 2. Maximal memory must be allocated to Expanded
memory. Since several closely related graphics programs (CorelDraw,
PhotoStyler) are Windows based, AND Windows _cannot_ use Expanded memory, this
led either to great compromises or Multiple boot configurations (a real
pain–I'm presently trying to configure Coned.Exe to do multiple boots). For a
while I had 386Max configured for 30M expanded memory, but that made Windows
crawl and sometimes not even run.
Is there something that I am missing here? I.e., is there a better solution?
I have presently resigned myself to at least two, and maybe three boot
configurations. Meanwhile, I have kept as TSR's etc, to a minimum, and omitted
any memory aids except as noted above, but really, it would be nice to have the
conventional memory that a memory manager can provide for some of my DOS
programs, even though 3D Studio doesn't need it. If it compromises 3D Studio,
I'll pass however.
I assume that OS/2 and Release 3 will make all this a moot point, but I am not
looking forward to learning a new operating system (OS/2), even if it is the
one that will be leading the world if marketing doesn't prove its undoing.
Windows is horrible enough! <g>
Lydell