Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!extro!objtch From: objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Peter Goodall) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: WIN3 Enh mode fails on EMS de-allocation, WHY?? Keywords: win3 ems Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 91 09:54:56 GMT References: <555@shograf.COM> Sender: news@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia Lines: 33 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au 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?? >I discovered this problem while running Borlands BCC in a DOS window, and got an EMS error. >So I ran thier emstest program and got an error when EMS was de-allocated. It works fine >with QEMM or 386MAX, and no windows!! >Any comments anyone? >-- >Jim Morris, E-Mail: jim@shograf.com Voice: (415) 903-3887 > _ >SHO graphics. Practical PEX Is this also why Smalltalk/V for Windows has something funny happen to memeory allocation after you shut it down. It usually takes 3 retries to load another program afterwards. ---------------------------- Peter Goodall Smalltalk Systems Consultant ObjecTech P/L 162 Burns Bay Rd, LANE COVE , NSW, AUSTRALIA objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au