CompuServe Thread

3DS2 and EMM386

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#55792From: Marion K. MarksSep 1, 1993 11:12 AM
DOS 6's EMM386 should support 3DS even with the NOEMS switch, so long as there is not also a NOVCPI switch in use. All earlier versions of EMM386 won't provide VCPI. For QEMM, if you must have VCPI with no Page Frame, use "FRAME=NONE FEMS".
#55911From: Rick MillerSep 2, 1993 8:19 AM
Marion: I'm pretty sure that my experience was with Dos 5. Its good to see that there are few good people that understand this memory thing <g>. Regards…….Rick – Technical Animations
#55952From: Marion K. MarksSep 2, 1993 11:28 AM
Well, you've already spent $3,000 on 3DS. Go ahead and spend the extra $80 ($50 mail order) to get QEMM 7.1. It's WELL worth it! For example, imagine a system with a Hercules Graphite, LANtastic client software, mouse, VESA, Delete Sentry, anti-virus, ANSI.SYS, and lots of other stuff, plus FILES=75, LASTDRIVE=T, LANcache, and several other potential memory hogs, plus DOS=LOW (to free up the High Memory Area [HMA] for much better performance from DesqView and Windows), etc. — and still have 634K of free conventional memory under DOS! QEMM 7.1 can do that easily! MEMMAKER couldn't give you that much memory even with ZERO TSRs and drivers, bare minimum FILES, LASTDRIVE, BUFFERS, STACKS, etc., not to mention DOS=HIGH which keeps any other program from using the HMA! You MIGHT get up to 621K with MEMMAKER. But expect 3DS to have problems with it. QEMM 7.1 rules!
#56072From: Rick MillerSep 3, 1993 9:44 AM
Marion: Maybe you have me confused with someone else, I have always used Qemm. I was only helping someone that had dos 5 and was using the dos memory manager. I agree totally that Qemm is much better. Regards………Rick – Technical Animations
#56231From: Marion K. MarksSep 4, 1993 4:21 PM
Sorry, Rick. I use CIM, and hit [Reply] after reading your message, so it got addressed to you. I was, in fact, talking to the same person you were talking to.