[Freedos-devel] I'm back (off topic)

2005-03-14 Thread Jim Hall
Sorry for the off-topic: I just got back from a business trip, and I haven't had a chance to go through all my email yet. I now have 330 emails to read. It may take me a few days (maybe the rest of this week) to get my email back under control. I didn't want anyone to think I'm ignoring them.

[Freedos-devel] Re: XMS Manager on '286

2005-03-14 Thread Eric Auer
Hi all... some mixed replies on this thread: > http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/spec/ > (2) I don't think MS-DOS 5.0 is an improvement over 3.3... It *is* an improvement - it adds HMA and UMB support. And DOS 6.xx used more or less the same kernel as DOS 5.00, while 5.00 is quite different from ear

Re: [Freedos-devel] Re: [Freedos-user] XMS Manager on '286

2005-03-14 Thread tom ehlert
Hello Aitor, >> For the microscopic percentage of 80286-level clients, just use >> FDXMS286. Simple readily available solution. Fix it if it's broken, >> no big deal. Why mug HIMEM when it's so unnecessary? > I must say that I agree with you, at least in practical purposes. > The problem arise