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

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

posted by RayeR , CZ, 13.03.2026, 02:30

> It might happen when DOS tries to allocate UMBs supplied by Jemm? Does the
> crash disappear if you do NOT set "DOS=UMB"?

Unfortunatelly no change when removed.

>bretjohn
I didn't know about out of order execution of config.sys but MSDOS 6.22 do it sequentially.

I went back in time and found that the JEMM behavior changed since version 5.79 (crashing, 5.78 no)

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