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From: jlr1801@aim1.tamu.edu (Jeff Rife)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: WIN3 Enh mode fails on EMS de-allocation, WHY??
Keywords: win3 ems
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Date: 7 Mar 91 06:46:25 GMT
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In article <555@shograf.COM> jim@shograf.COM (jim morris) writes:
>it appears that windows 3 in 386-Enhanced mode  running a DOS window fails when
>EMS memory is de-allocated. Microsoft Tech support hinted that
>EMS support is limited in some way. Why would Microsoft not do a full EMS emulation??
>Does anyone else know what this problem is??
>
>Any comments anyone?
>
>-- 
>Jim Morris,	E-Mail: jim@shograf.com    Voice: (415) 903-3887

I'm not sure what's going on with yours.  I have a problem with the PIF stuff.

If you make EMS required 1MB, a DOS box will say that there is 1MB of EMS, with
512KB free, because the base memory (which IS swappable) is counted as part
of the total.

Maybe your program can't deal with the large-frame EMS that 386Enh uses.

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