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From: cem@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Using EMS 4.0 with Windows
Message-ID: <8362@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 89 14:44:27 GMT
References: <558@cullsj.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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From article <558@cullsj.UUCP>, by david@cullsj.UUCP (David Taylor):
> 
> I have a AT clone that uses the NEAT ChipSet with built-in LIM EMS 4.0
> support and 1MB on board. On boot, the EMS driver reports 640K conventional
> memory and 384K expanded. In Windows 2.10, the About Windows window also
> shows 384K expanded memory. Yet, Windows constantly warns that it is running
> out of memory, or insufficient memory to run an application. 
> When the warnings appear About Windows shows less than 32K conventional
> memory and 320K expanded still available! It seems that no more than 64K of the 
> expanded is ever used by Windows. The applications I'm running are just
> the Windows applications (Write, etc.) and Actor.
> 
> Can anyone help me?

In my limited experience, I have learned one very important fact:
Windows/286 controls the memory!  I don't like this and I have
found a way around it.  When you start Windows/286, use the "-n"
option.  I can find nothing in the manual, but Adobe told me 
about it in their manual.  From what they said, If you enter
"win -n", Windows/286 will give all free memory (conventional,
extended, expanded) to the program.

Clancy Malloy