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Under HIMEMX, Windows fails to load in standard mode when launched second time #126

Open boeckmann opened 2 weeks ago

boeckmann commented 2 weeks ago

Windows 3.11 then outputs the message

Cannot start Windows in standard mode. Make sure you have installed HIMEM.SYS...

This does not occur with the XMGR package provided by SvarDOS and also not with the HIMEM provided by Windows 3.11.

Surprisingly no problems with enhanced mode...

mateuszviste commented 2 weeks ago

I always liked the XMGR manager. At some point it was actually the default XMS driver used by SvarDOS. Sadly, it became closed source past 2012 so not really an option. I have updated XMGR to the latest (2022, freeware) version in the SvarDOS repo.

boeckmann commented 2 weeks ago

At least a 2020 version seems to be available in source: https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/drivers/xmgr/-/blob/master/SOURCE/XMGR/XMGR.ASM?ref_type=heads

Is this newer than the 2012 OSS edition you mentioned?

mateuszviste commented 2 weeks ago

Yes, it is newer, and it is also available here: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/ellis/xmgr/2020-04-15c/

And it was already "freeware" by then (albeit still with source available, apparently).

It is older than the 2022 version, though. I have added the latest (2022) version to the SvarDOS repo. Downloaded from the original site at http://optimizr.dyndns.org/dos/drivers.html

mateuszviste commented 2 weeks ago

the "open-source" (presumably outdated and with less features) versions are here: http://mercurycoding.com/downloads.html#DOS

The link above lists also some HimemX updates by Japheth