Re: new vDosxy

[Paul Breeze paul.breeze@xxxxxxxx]

Dear Kari

I had XMEM configured for XMS so I changed it to EMS but it does not
seem to make any significant difference. The reason why I might need
EMS is to enable the UK Microlytics dictionary to work. It will not
work without EMS and it does not work with these settings either. I'm
not sure why. Carl has found a way around the problem for me with
ASPELL so it is not an issue but I am still curious.

Best wishes

Paul

On 02/05/2015 15:13, Kari Eveli wrote:
 
Paul,

The documentation in the vDosXy package may be incorrect. In the vDos
proper, it says:

rem Standard 4MB XMS memory is provided. If your application supports
it, change it by:
rem XMEM = [+] XMS|EMS|EXT
rem The optional plus sign tells vDos to add the first 64 MB of the
grapics adapter to the 640KB conventional memory.
rem Caution, you can't use graphics when this is set, it will
override/destroy this extra memory.
rem MB is 1-63. Note: bare EXTended memory is rarely needed. Only set
this if you're completely sure it is!

There is a typo in "The optional plus sign tells vDos to add the first
64 MB", it should be "64 KB".

Anyway, when I put "XMEM = +4 EMS" in config.txt, DOS MEM reports:
639K Conventional
96K Uppper
4096 EMS

Hopefully, you will get what it states, and the result meets your
specification. Try it and please report if it works for you.

Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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2.5.2015, 14:53, Paul Breeze wrote:
 
I just tried QEMM but VDOS does not seem to accept "Device=" lines in
config.txt which probably rules out all traditional dos memory
managers. I have also tried EMSMAGIC but vdosxy hangs when I try to
load it. I cannot think of any other way to provide EMS. Any ideas?

Best wishes

Paul