Subj : Re: Today I learned
To   : AKAcastor
From : Spectre
Date : Sat Jun 22 2024 17:41:00

 AK> On my DOSBox-X setup, using VIDRAM ON makes DESQview unstable.  It runs at
 AK> first, but if I open and close a couple DOS windows then it crashes.  I
 AK> think the use of VIDRAM (or rather, me not using it) is making the big
 AK> difference in memory availability.  I wonder what is causing the
 AK> instability on my DOSBox-X setup and if it could be solved with a
 AK> configuration change.  Or is it as simple as changing my DESQview display
 AK> adaptor settings? (currently VGA, with 'do you want text & graphics
 AK> displayed at the same time' set to Yes and synchronized access set to No)

I'm not sure what half those options are. I'm not using DV now, and was never
able to in the past, the old NETware Lite drivers took to much conventional
memory.

VGA is probably whats killing it.  If you enable VREMS/VIDRAM you can't use
VGA, its using the BIOS caching space for EMS. It's designed for text only,
even if you have a VGA card.

Spec


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