Date:	Tue, 27 Jun 1995 08:56:04 +0300
From:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
To:	macgyver AT infinet DOT com, kagel AT ts1 DOT bloomberg DOT com
Subject:	Re: > 32 meg?
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

>    I just installed more memory to my computer, bringing it up to 40 meg.
>    Now, when I type mem to check, it says 40 meg available, but
>    when I type go32, it reports only 32 meg VCPI memory, I've even tried
>    Charles's DPMI server, it still says only 32 meg available. Is it a 
>    limit of some sort?
>
>
> The BIOS, in compatibility with IBM's old BIOS I guess, will not report more
> than 32MB of RAM.  There may be a way to get GO32 to recognize and use the
> rest, but, I don't know it.  Anyone out there know?  DJ?

Not every BIOS, it seems.  One of machines I work on is equipped with 64 MB
of RAM, and go32 reports every byte of it available as VCPI memory (well,
except what's taken by the memory manager, the disk cache etc.).  This is
Award BIOS with QEMM386 v7.53 as VCPI host.

I would suggest checking the memory manager settings first.  Could it be
that it is limited to 32 MB of EMS (Expanded memory)?

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