Re: [Freedos-user] zbigniew system stability with different shells, kernels and drivers

2012-03-16 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Jack gykazequ...@earthlink.net wrote: But, there are a LOT of us who do not use DJGPP and yet COULD use a bit more UMB space, to load more/bigger drivers etc. In fairness, DJGPP is quite widespread, at least in apps, not necessarily developer tools, though

Re: [Freedos-user] zbigniew system stability with different shells, kernels and drivers

2012-03-16 Thread Jack
Rugxulo, Nor do I use JEMM386 in everyday work ... I am only saying that you ought not so-quickly dismiss the idea of using an EMM driver. They DO have their uses! Yes, but not necessarily for EMS ... Obviously not, as there are few actual EMS memory applications still around and worth

Re: [Freedos-user] zbigniew system stability with different shells, kernels and drivers

2012-03-16 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Jack gykazequ...@earthlink.net wrote: We need NO more hardware, CERTAINLY NOT any damned 64-bitters having 64-GB of memory, when in fact Intel/Microsoft never REALLY learned to use 32-bit or even 16-bit systems all that well! ... I agree, but nobody else

Re: [Freedos-user] zbigniew system stability with different shells, kernels and drivers

2012-03-16 Thread Jack
We need NO more hardware, CERTAINLY NOT any damned 64-bitters having 64-GB of memory, when in fact Intel/Microsoft never REALLY learned to use 32-bit or even 16-bit systems all that well! ... I agree, but nobody else does ... Perhaps you should read what Niklaus Wirth had to say back in