DOS ain't dead - crazy himem - no need for /max

crazy himem - no need for /max (Announce)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 03.04.2008, 12:10

> Just tried this trick with setting MaxPhysPage=48000 and HimemX. It works.
> :-)

BTW you can utilize the rest of RAM by RAMDISK for swap/temp file. It must be allocated at top of XMS - xmsdsk parameter /t. Then change paging drive in system.ini
PagingDrive=Z:

> I just run IDECHECK in a Win98 DOS Box. Since the MB's BIOS supports UDMA,
> there's no significant speed loss with "compatibility" mode, I got 60
> MB/sec transfer speed, same as in true DOS.

Then you're lucky man. BTW what MB/BIOS you have? But be sure on most recent MB you will not have it, its obsolete legacy and "bad" thing for manufacturers :\

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DOS gives me freedom to unlimited HW access.

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Hail to himemX.exe to allow run Win98SE on 2GB RAM machine! - RayeR, 30.03.2008, 16:35 (Announce)
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        crazy himem - no need for /max - RayeR, 02.04.2008, 03:56
        crazy himem - no need for /max - Japheth, 03.04.2008, 11:09
        crazy himem - no need for /max - RayeR, 03.04.2008, 12:10
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