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From: charlea@eng.clemson.edu (charles allen)
Subject: Re: emm386 and windows
Message-ID: <1993May1.020631.1488@hubcap.clemson.edu>
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Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 02:06:31 GMT
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From article <ardie.313.736188058@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, by ardie@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ardie Mack):
>>On my PC I almost exclusively run windows. The only dos based application  
>>I have is ProcommPlus.  In my config.sys I have emm386 loaded with the  
>>option noems (no expanded memory). Following a thread in one of the comp  
>>newsgroups, I read that it was no necessary to have emm386 loaded. Indeed,  
> 
> emm386 noems enables the system to use the "upper memory" between 640 and 
> 1024.  That's a good place for device drivers, DOS kernal, etc.
> (Keep it in!)

EMM386 is NOT reqired to load the DOS kernal high (or else you couldn't
do it on a 286).  In a mail message I recommended that he remove it
since he only runs ProcomPlus frequently in DOS, and I suspect
EMM386 will slow down windows.

-Charles A.
CBALLEN@CLEMSON.EDU

