Re: [Freedos-user] Memmacker

[jamie m. <jam...@sy...>]

On 08/02/2018 11:00 AM, jamie marchant wrote:
> I was looking for an easy way to turn EMS off and ON. I guess that was 
> what the menu was for.(got rid of it without thinking about that). I 
> also don't seem to have much low level memory even if I don't load 
> many drivers. Here is "usage.txt" and my "config.sys" and 
> "autoexec.bat". Himem2.sys comes from my DOSEMU(Linux dos VM? thing) 
> "c:". I think it came from Windows 3.1. I was trying to get it to work 
> in 386 mode. Maybe using the FreeDos one when I am running out of low 
> memory would work?
> On 08/01/2018 06:45 PM, Eric Auer wrote:
>> Hi Jamie,
>>
>> no, FreeDOS does not automatically try to analyze
>> and optimize UMB usage with tools similar to MS
>> DOS "memmaker". However, most FreeDOS drivers use
>> less memory than the old MS DOS drivers anyway,
>> so you should have enough free in your low 640k.
>>
>> Please give more details about your memory issue.
>>
>> For example, try this:
>>
>> MEM /debug /full > usage.txt
>>
>> ... and then paste the contents of usage.txt in
>> a mail where you explain which memory areas and
>> drivers need improvement on your PC. Thanks :-)
>>
>> Regards, Eric
>>
>> PS: MEM 1.10 has a typo in the help: "Compatability"
>>
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