>> On 14-Aug-2009 21:18, Jack wrote: >> ... But, if we are to "cook up" a new scheme to handle memory beyond >> 4-GB, why limit it only for RAMdisk usage? If the XMS drivers/ >> handlers support such "large" memory, EVERYBODY could use it! > > yes, as long as older programs don't use it by accident. Guess that's > what your extended API is for.
"You betcha, baby!" Should not BE any "accidents", if older programs have no-idea of the new XMS requests and command-codes! > Was it Alain running some kind of DOS database program still? Can't > think of much else requiring this much memory. How about your OWN "request" earlier today for a RAMdisk over 4-GB, which I can "equal" in RDISK by allowing MULTIPLE 2-GB RAMdisks?? Or if Gates & Co.'s "Gawd-AWFUL sized" data files grow much larger, how about pushing UIDE to a 4-GB maximum cache size, which I already know how to do?? Or, what if Alain (or others) want to have "ALL of the above" on ONE system?? > And simultaneous operations ... we're still in DOS, not modern operating > systems. Can't have it all :) Oh, REALLY?? I have been running the "DeepBurner" program to "shoot" my CD/RW masters for over two years now. It DOES simultaneous input/output with the disk staying-ahead of the CD/RW and always having the next block of data ready to be written out. It is a "Windows" program, but it runs on EXACTLY the same computer system that I use for DOS. Given that, and rather than everyone "jumping through hoops" about super-extended memory, maybe you should contact the "DeepBurner" people on the Internet, and ask if (A) they have a DOS version or (B) they might send you their sources!! NO reasons you must call UIDE, nor any other DOS drivers -- you can write your OWN simultaneous I-O scheme in DOS to copy your DVDs/BluRays, and it might take 100-MB of buffers maximum, damned well NOT 8.5-GB nor 50-GB!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
