Hi Eric,

>>    KEYB.EXE 11,446 06-24-12
>> 
>> leaves, when running, a huge memory hole. at least with only HIMEM
>> loaded. note the HUGE memory hole behind KEYB

> As far as I remember, KEYB and DISPLAY did this
> deliberately: Instead of reserving only a small
> buffer statically and the rest dynamically, the
> initial size is big enough for the "worst case"
> and they then shrink if you use fewer concurrent
> layouts or codepages than possible. I agree that
> for UMB loading, a "reasonable" instead of "max"
> default* would be nicer, at the risk of failure
> to load when trying to use it with "much" data
> but IMHO it is acceptable to work this around
> by loading low or loading into UMB quite early.

try reading before posting.
this IS about loading low. no UMB's around.

Tom





> Eric

> * I mean the minimum heap allocation according
> to the binary file headers, for example, which
> are already set before (rather than at) runtime.

>>   03f8     3008   COMMAND     program
>>   04b5      144               free
>>   04bf    12032   DISPLAY     program
>>   07b0     1648   KEYB        program
>>   0818    36096               free
>>   10e9     1328
>>   113d   582416               free

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