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

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

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 17.03.2026, 17:46

> > Those old versions still will check if the address region is usable.
> > Problem are ROMs that may be mapped in dynamically - i.e. "legacy"
> support
> > for USB drives.
>
> Does this mean that it reports page frame at E000 but when some program
> tries to use EMS it will be refused to access that memory and effectively
> same result like if I use FRAME=NONE option?

No. With "mapped in dynamically" I didn't mean the CPU's paging mechanism - this will always work.

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