Hallo Herr Eric Auer via Freedos-devel,
am Freitag, 21. Februar 2025 um 13:20 schrieben Sie:
> Hi Tom,
>>> As you already say, XMS SWAP in FreeCOM already makes DOS
>>> memory footprint very small while apps run,
>> Which is true - because XMS_SWAP
>>> little need to load it high into preciou
Hi Tom,
As you already say, XMS SWAP in FreeCOM already makes DOS
memory footprint very small while apps run,
Which is true - because XMS_SWAP
little need to load it high into precious UMB, where it
would require quite a bit of memory while no app runs!
Which is nonsense - because XMS
Hallo Herr Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel,
am Donnerstag, 20. Februar 2025 um 11:34 schrieben Sie:
> I realize I tended to wrongly think that HIGH was in EMS or XMS regions (over
> 1 Mb).
> But now I kind of realize that HIGH is really above 640 kb, while still lower
> than 1 MB (default addre
Hi Eric,
> Hi Paul!
Paul as a newbie is excused for his ignorance, Eric as a 'senior' is not.
> As you already say, XMS SWAP in FreeCOM already makes DOS
> memory footprint very small while apps run,
Which is true - because XMS_SWAP
> so there is
> little need to load it high into precious UMB
Hi Paul!
As you already say, XMS SWAP in FreeCOM already makes DOS
memory footprint very small while apps run, so there is
little need to load it high into precious UMB, where it
would require quite a bit of memory while no app runs!
So I support your suggestion: No SHELLHIGH of XMS SWAP
FreeC
