Eric T previously wrote:
<<
I'm primarily using the machine to run the dos/freedos desktop environment
which is written in C using djgpp. djgpp provides a 32-bit (protected mode?)
extension to DOS (except we still appear to be limited to 8.3 filenames).
So, I have no idea whether I should or shouldn't use EMM386.
On further research, it appears that:
--- if you're working from a dos window, a line like
device= ... emm386.exe NOEMS L=131072 will give access to 128M of ram.
The faq doesn't mention the capabilities of FreeDOS emm386, though.
--- if you're working from real dos, the djgpp faq suggests that no memory
manager other than himem should be used. The faq points out that some
versions of ms-dos emm386 are limited to 32M and suggests using the free
CWSDPMI (revision 4+). Revision 5 gives access to > 256M of ram.
cwsdstub.exe creates a standalone exe which includes cwsdpmi.
See: http://clio.rice.edu/cwsdpmi/
Cheers,
Eric.
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