> > I doubt there are ways, unless you want to use more conventional memory > > instead. the HMA area is never recoverable to my knowledge. > > You hardly use UMBs (upper memory) so using UMBPCI instead of EMM386 > > might do fine for you. > > Umbpci is for PII and above, 486 is not supported :(
Not true. UMBPCI is for motherboards with PCI chipsets. It worked well on my last FreeDOS box, AMD K6-II with some Intel chipset. It could work on 486s with PCI chipsets (some newer 486s). Of course, not all PCI chipsets are supported. -- Kristaps Kaupe, http://kristaps.netparks.lv
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