DOS ain't dead - JEMM(EX) and too much XMSHANDLES problem

JEMM(EX) and too much XMSHANDLES problem (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 10.03.2026, 08:44

> > Run memstat.exe ( without loading Jemm ).
> address range size type
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 000000000-00009fbff 9fc00 1 (available)
> 00009fc00-00009ffff 400 2 (reserved)
> 0000e0000-0000fffff 20000 2 (reserved)
> 000100000-07ffcffff 7fed0000 1 (available)
> 07ffd0000-07fff0bff 20c00 2 (reserved)
> 07fff0c00-07fffbfff b400 4 (ACPI NVS)
> 07fffc000-07fffffff 4000 2 (reserved)
> ----------------------------------------------------
> available: 2047 MB, ACPI: 45 kB, rsvd: 0 MB, total: 2047 MB
> [/code]

If memstat reports e0000-fffff as reserved and the XMS handle table is located in segment e500, then you somehow had forced JemmEx to do so ( because as default it respects reserved regions ). Perhaps by using UMBPCI?

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