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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!chilton!chris From: chris@vindaloo.com (Christopher Sean Hilton) Subject: Re: I have one thing to say about Windows '95 & FreeBSD Organization: Vindaloo communications Message-ID: <1995Aug30.023455.23609@vindaloo.com> References: <41gceu$i14@mirv.unsw.edu.au> <41m3at$vn7@lucy.swin.edu.au> <41qk39$16f@kadath.zeitgeist.net> <adtDE195B.GA1@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 95 02:34:55 GMT Lines: 26 In article <adtDE195B.GA1@netcom.com>, Anthony D. Tribelli <adt@netcom.com> wrote: >Amancio Hasty, Jr. (hasty@rah.star-gate.com) wrote: >: At any rate, I decided to try a fantastic DOS demo called 2reality and it >: didn't >: work because it didn't have enough memory (my system has 32mb)... > >I guess your "fantastic" demo needed to access memory using the obsolete >EMS scheme rather than XMS? Just what change did you make? > Are you declaring EMS obsolete or has Microsoft officially deprecated it's use? That's not tongue in cheek, I'd really like to know because I considered it obsolete three years ago when I stopped programming for DOS. When the operating system philosophy is to allow two incompatible methods of accessing memory to battle for supremacy, only the users of that operating system lose. Chris -- -- Chris Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> -+- For PGP Key: finger chilton@mcs.net Officer: We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. Should