Win 9x/ME & Large Amounts of RAM

4nb · Post by **4nb** » Sun Oct 21, 2001 6:19 am

Hi everybody.
I have a little q, sorry if its stupid, I is a newb

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb ... SD=gn&FR=0

after reading this article, I understand that :
"On computers with large amounts of RAM, the maximum cache size can be large enough that Vcache consumes all of the addresses in the system arena, leaving no virtual memory addresses available for other functions such as opening an MS-DOS prompt (creating a new virtual machine).
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my question is: does native plugging and general audio appz (v.samplers ect..) have the ability of independently accessing RAM? So DAW work is not limited by the problem mentioned in the article?

thanks

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Micha · Post by **Micha** » Mon Oct 22, 2001 4:47 am

No. The operating system rules the memory and whoever wants a part of it must ask. Since WinDOS is limited to 512 MB, that's what they say in this article, there is no chance to use more. Thus all work araound says limit to 512.
Happy pulsaring
Micha

4nb · Post by **4nb** » Mon Oct 22, 2001 5:28 am

hmm...so that would b THE main reason
for virtual studio users to start working with Win2k/xp ?
I mean, as soon as the 98lite ppl will release their win2k/xp installer...

Micha · Post by **Micha** » Mon Oct 22, 2001 7:55 am

yep! And how about 2 processors then?:razz:
Happy pulsaring
Micha

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