smith@dalcsug.UUCP (Sean Smith) (05/10/89)
A while back, someone posted an article (actually, a series of articles) about how to get around the DOS 640K barrier. I kept all of them, but now I've lost them. Would someone mind e-mailing me the way around it? Thanks a million. On a related note, does anyone have any ideas about how to run programs in extended menory? I have a menu system and package which can't run simultaneously because of this problem... Sean /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Sean Smith - Damage Inc. "Let me tell you what you're trying | | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to say..." 01SSMITH@AC.DAL.CA too | | These ideas are mine...ALL MINE!!! *maniacal laughter* | \--------------------------------------------------------------------------/
psfales@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Peter Fales) (05/19/89)
In article <413@dalcsug.UUCP>, smith@dalcsug.UUCP (Sean Smith) writes: > > A while back, someone posted an article (actually, a series of > articles) about how to get around the DOS 640K barrier. I kept all of them, > but now I've lost them. Would someone mind e-mailing me the way around it? > Thanks a million. I am sure there are other ways, but I have found one way that I am quite pleased with. I downloaded the program EEMRAM2.1 from a BBS, and now have 736K of DOS memory. As near as I can tell from reading the .DOC file, the program is copyright, but otherwise can be freely distributed with no licensing fees. To use it, you must have an "enhanced" EMS board, and a DOS system with some amount of free memory at segment A000. This precludes the use of EGA/VGA cards (at least in the high resolution modes), or other peripheral cards that make use of this address space. EEMRAM works by taking some of the EEMS memory and mapping it into the space between 640K and 736K. I am using an AT&T PC-6300 with the AT&T (actually built by AST) EMS board. Since video memory starts at B800 on this system, there is 96K of free memory between the end of 640K memory at A000 and the start of video memory for a total of 736K. I do not know what other boards are compatible with EEMS, but the EEMRAM package comes with a program that will test your system for acceptability. I have been using EEMRAM for several months and have not had any problems with it. -- Peter Fales AT&T, Room 5B-414 2000 N. Naperville Rd. UUCP: ...att!ihlpb!psfales Naperville, IL 60566 Domain: psfales@ihlpb.att.com work: (312) 979-8031