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Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK

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"Rugxulo" <rugxulo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Oct 24, 7:25 pm, "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_h...@noavailemail.cmm>
> wrote:
>
> Well, I now know why I wasn't getting more memory with HIMEMX. It wasn't
> HIMEX that was the problem ...
>
> Japheth's HIMEMX and JEMM  http://www.japheth.de/Jemm.html
>
> > Unfortunately, I'm not able to rebuild HIMEMX correctly. I had to use
> > JWasm v2.05 v with OpenWatcom's Wlink from v1.3 instead of the
> > recommended utilities. That combination produces an incorrect exe
> > header which causes the info screen to display incorrectly.
>
> I took the liberty to quote your posts at BTTR's Forum, and Japheth
> later updated his .ZIP:
>
> http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=10752
>
> "I changed the Himem332.zip file on my site. The Makefile was updated.
> Optionally, there's now a MAKE.BAT, which uses JWasm without linker."
>

Thanks, or tell him "thank you" for me, if you want.  I'll DL that soon.

Unfortunately, I'm delayed for a while at looking into the HIMEMX issue on
an old machine (64MB vs. 256MB).  But, when I do, I may need you to pass on
the info to Japheth on BTTR.  I know he does post occasionally to Usenet,
but it seems rare and he usually contradicts me!  :-)  It's got a Phoenix
BIOS, so it probably just need another BIOS call to identify memory, I
suspect ...

> > XMSDSK is on Simtel and other sites. I hope somebody fixes it. Marko
> > Kohtala's SRDISK didn't seem to work with WinSE ... Can someone else
> > suggest an XMS ramdisk that works for both (DOS, WinSE)?
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have Win98SE, so I don't know of any compatible
> RAM disks.
>

Well, I found a few more ramdisks on old DOS websites (Garbo, Simtel, Funet,
Hobbes, etc).  I was even downloading them if they didn't mention XMS, but
none are working so far ...  Sigh.  I thought WinSE properly transferred XMS
upon startup, but it must only be with HIMEM.SYS.


Rod Pemberton

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HIMEMX and XMSDSK "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-10-24 20:25 -0400
  Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-10-25 12:57 -0400
    Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK Martin Strömberg <ams@dexter.ludd.luth.se> - 2011-11-02 12:43 +0000
      Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-11-04 04:19 -0400
        Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK 98 Guy <98@Guy.com> - 2011-11-04 21:02 -0400
          Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-11-06 02:48 -0500
  Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2011-10-26 14:04 -0700
    Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-10-26 19:00 -0400
      Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-10-31 18:07 -0400
        Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK Rugxulo <rugxulo@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 15:07 -0700
          Re: HIMEMX and XMSDSK "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-11-06 04:08 -0500

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