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From: mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: GlobalCompact and Free Memory?
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Date: 20 Jun 89 23:16:29 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!mms00786    Jun 19 22:39:00 1989


Duh, I feel dumb (please, no comments!). The answer is obviously that all that 
extra memory is managed by Windows/386 EMS manager. A small program to call the
EMS manager and query it about the number of available pages solved the problem.

Sorry,
Milan
mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu