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Jemm v5.7 (HIRAM) (Announce)

posted by jassenna, Campinas,SP,Brazil, 13.02.2008, 07:03

> This only saves like 1k lower (conventional) memory by loading the memory
> manager in upper memory instead, right?? (Not so useful, IMO, but
> whatever.)

I think its principal usefulness is that it provides real, not virtual UMBs, so they are not taken out of extended memory. In new machines, which have more RAM than mine has disk space, this is not important. For me , saving some 80k from extended memory is useful.

Complete thread:

• Jemm v5.7 ... - Japheth, 30.01.2008, 12:55 (Announce)
  • Jemm v5.7 ... - Steve, 30.01.2008, 15:38
    • Jemm v5.7 ... - Japheth, 30.01.2008, 16:52
      • Jemm v5.7 ... - sol, 31.01.2008, 02:38
        • Jemm v5.7 ... - Japheth, 31.01.2008, 11:19
          • Jemm v5.7 ... - jassenna, 08.02.2008, 04:36
            • Jemm v5.7 ... - rr, 08.02.2008, 09:53
            • Jemm v5.7 ... - Japheth, 08.02.2008, 12:32
              • Jemm v5.7 ... - jassenna, 09.02.2008, 04:37
                • Jemm v5.7 (HIRAM) - Rugxulo, 13.02.2008, 01:54
                  • Jemm v5.7 (HIRAM) - jassenna, 13.02.2008, 07:03
              • Jemm v5.7 ... - jassenna, 10.02.2008, 22:05
                • DMA buffer size 0 causes trouble in v5.70 - Japheth, 11.02.2008, 09:10
                  • DMA buffer size 0 causes trouble in v5.70 - jassenna, 13.02.2008, 07:09
                    • DMA buffer size 0 causes trouble in v5.70 - Japheth, 13.02.2008, 08:40
  • Jemm v5.71 ... - Japheth, 25.02.2008, 08:31