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to: DAVID NOON
from: JAMES MCKENZIE
date: 1997-03-07 19:48:00
subject: Dpmi Limits

Hello David!
03 Mar 97 20:40, David Noon wrote to James Mckenzie:
 DN> In a message dated 02-28-97, James Mckenzie said to Jonathan de Boyne
 DN> Pollard about Dpmi Limits
 DN> Hi James,
 JM>> However, make sure that you never provide a DOS/4GW program session
 JM>> more than 32MB of DPMI memory or strange actions might result.
 DN> Such as?
Your system becoming suddenly unstable and crashing.  It appears as if one of 
the pointers in the DOS/4GW stub cannot address more than 32MB of space.
 DN> I haven't had to push any of my DOS/4GW proggies beyond 32MB yet, so
 DN> I'd like to know what might happen.
You should not have to either.  I think that DOS/4GW limits the size of any 
addressable file...
James
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