DOS ain't dead - NOEMS NOVCPI NOVME Magic

NOEMS NOVCPI NOVME Magic (Users)

posted by sol, 19.06.2008, 19:25

> > > But I personaly prefer to have EMS installed all the time.
> >
> > I prefer real mode and DPMI ;-)
>
> The only issues you may have there are (obviously) lack of emulated EMS
> plus lack of free memory for shelled-out (child) apps. (See
> here.)
> Also, CWSDPMI needs more RAM if the DJGPP .EXE has a bigger than default
> (16k) transfer buffer (see stubedit). Of course, being able to load /
> unload JEMMEX is indeed nice for such a reason (although no UMBs
> available). BTW, I haven't benchmarked it, but XMS/real mode is supposed
> to be faster than EMM386/V86. (I guess JEMMEX avoids this via the
> Pentium's VME, if available.)

Note: EMSMagic is currently using 6k of upper mem for me. Not sure why anyone said 64k.

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EMSMagic - sol, 13.06.2008, 18:59 (Users)
- EMSMagic - Laaca, 13.06.2008, 19:52
  - EMSMagic - sol, 13.06.2008, 20:19
    - EMSMagic - Laaca, 14.06.2008, 10:53
      - EMSMagic - sol, 16.06.2008, 06:21
        EMSMagic - rr, 16.06.2008, 18:05
- EMSMagic - Japheth, 13.06.2008, 20:25
  - EMSMagic - Rugxulo, 13.06.2008, 20:53
    - EMSMagic - sol, 13.06.2008, 20:55
    - EMSMagic - sol, 13.06.2008, 20:56
      - EMSMagic - Rugxulo, 14.06.2008, 05:06
  - EMSMagic - RayeR, 14.06.2008, 00:20
- EMSMagic - rr, 13.06.2008, 20:52
  - EMSMagic - RayeR, 14.06.2008, 00:53
- NOEMS NOVCPI NOVME Magic - DOS386, 14.06.2008, 15:26
  - NOEMS NOVCPI NOVME Magic - Rugxulo, 17.06.2008, 02:23
    - NOEMS NOVCPI NOVME Magic - sol, 19.06.2008, 19:25