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From: larrys@watson.ibm.com
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Subject: Re: DPMI Support in OS/2 v 2.0?
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.133820.26862@watson.ibm.com>
Date: 17 Jun 91 13:37:55 GMT
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In <1991Jun13.195546.27173@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, barry@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Barry Lay) writes:
>
>In article <1991Jun10.215740.22830@netcom.COM> feustel@netcom.COM (David Feustel
>) writes:
>#
># Does anyone know whether DPMI is going to be supported in OS/2 v 2.0?
># --
># David Feustel, 1930 Curdes Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, (219) 482-9631
># EMAIL: feustel@netcom.com  or feustel@cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu
>
>My understanding (gleaned from an IBM presentation where I asked this very
>question) is that OS/2 will support up to 48 meg of expanded and extended
>memory for the DOS boxes.  The expanded memory is DPMI only, that is, no
>VCPI support.  Maybe QuarterDeck will come up with QEMM/2.
>
>Barry

Remember the 48M is TOTAL for ALL DOS boxes, not PER DOS box.

Cheers,
Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@eng.clemson.edu
Yorktown Heights, NY

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