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NOEMS (Users)

posted by tom , Germany (West), 02.02.2013, 17:27

> I am using MS DOS 7.0. The question I have is what difference does the
> NOEMS parameter make when adding it to emm386?

NOEMS disables the EMS page frame (usually 64 K at E0000), and instead gives you 64 K more upper memory. you loose EMS memory allocation, though.


> Some programs do not seem to work anymore when this parameter is set. They
> do work if emm386 is run without it.
programs requiring EMS memory should be rare, as EMS memory was 8086 technology; from 80286 on XMS was much more common.

Tom

Complete thread:

• NOEMS - georgpotthast, 02.02.2013, 07:53 (Users)
  • NOEMS - Arjay, 02.02.2013, 11:13
  • NOEMS - Japheth, 02.02.2013, 12:25
    • NOEMS - Arjay, 02.02.2013, 13:00
      • NOEMS - Rugxulo, 02.02.2013, 17:03
      • NOEMS - Arjay, 09.02.2013, 22:23
  • NOEMS - tom, 02.02.2013, 17:27
  • NOEMS - georgpotthast, 03.02.2013, 19:48
    • NOEMS - Rugxulo, 03.02.2013, 23:00
      • NOEMS - Japheth, 04.02.2013, 09:04
    • NOEMS - tlink - Arjay, 10.02.2013, 14:05
      • NOEMS - tlink - georgpotthast, 12.02.2013, 21:50
  • JEMM386 noems - georgpotthast, 12.02.2013, 21:47
    • JEMM386 noems - RayeR, 13.02.2013, 00:23
    • JEMM386 noems - Japheth, 13.02.2013, 04:15
    • JEMM386 noems - Laaca, 13.02.2013, 07:20