On 05 Jan 96 22:05, Paul Edwards wrote to Kieran Haughey:

Hi Paul,

PE>> The Dos extenders will use disk space for virtual memory if the
PE>> available RAM runs out.  The disk will probably thrash a lot
PE>> though.  The program has not been written specifically for a 
PE>> DOS extender, it's just a general program that will work for as
PE>> long as malloc() works.  BFN.  Paul.

KH>> I tried it without extender and it basically ran out of memory.. and I 
KH>> can't remember what happened with dssort.. also which extender are you 
KH>> talking about, because whenever I use an extender I nearly always run out 
KH>> of memory, the only think which has survived running under dos4gw on my 
KH>> computer is fastlst.. not even squish would run with it..

PE> dos4gw or emx's dos extender.  Both should allow you to use more
PE> memory than you have on your PC.  Whether in practice they do 
PE> this on your machine I don't know.  You will have to try that
PE> and see.  And that involves getting EMX installed on your
PE> machine!  BFN.  Paul.

Yes, but isn't EMX like over 20meg in size?.. I can't free up 20 meg :(..
so I'll have to give it a miss.. anyway, I am not to keen on drive
thrashing :).
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Cheers,
Kieran

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