Tidbit: Problems running the 32python version with EMM386 NOEMS

Jaap Vermeulen (jaap@sequent.com)
Sat, 12 Feb 1994 21:52:19 -0800

I'm not sure whether people run into this problem, but I though I
forward this tidbit of information.

I ran into the problem that the DOS 32 bit version of python would not
run when I had EMM386 enabled with the NOEMS option (a common
configuration to enable UMB for DOS TSRs without enabling a
pageframe). The actual culprit was the go32 program, which refused to
start giving a message something like (paraphrased):

Cannot use VPCI
(if you run EMM386 with NOEMS, remove the NOEMS)

I didn't know this, but you can enable expanded memory without a
pageframe by using (in DOS 6.2):

EMM386 ... FRAME=NONE RAM

This will give you UMB's without losing 64K to a pageframe and go32
starts working!

Tha-tha-that's all folks! :-)

-Jaap-

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