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Resurrecting a Legacy X86 PC..
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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 1017516" data-attributes="member: 325666"><p>After much trying ..I finally got USB on the mobo..</p><p>but the cost is too high..memory wise..</p><p>Windows 95 wears a cap</p><p>MaxPhysPage=30000</p><p>So is limited by this..</p><p>problem appears to be that introducing USB ..of which there are 4 on the mobo effectively starves the OS of working memory..</p><p>I believe that portions of working memory are 'hived off' and put aside for each USB port</p><p>As the USB drivers are installed ..one can see the process repeated for each port (4 times in this case)</p><p>..thus too much gets reserved at the expense of leaving sod all to run windows95.</p><p>So ..I guess I will be content with no USB on 95.</p><p>At least I know ..or at least ..I _think_ I understand why..</p><p>You'd think the obvious answer was just raise the cap..</p><p>Sadly this will not work ..as Win95 can only address 512 mb ..and even that is questionable.</p><p>256mb being the 'safe' stable limit.</p><p>rgds</p><p>VS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 1017516, member: 325666"] After much trying ..I finally got USB on the mobo.. but the cost is too high..memory wise.. Windows 95 wears a cap MaxPhysPage=30000 So is limited by this.. problem appears to be that introducing USB ..of which there are 4 on the mobo effectively starves the OS of working memory.. I believe that portions of working memory are 'hived off' and put aside for each USB port As the USB drivers are installed ..one can see the process repeated for each port (4 times in this case) ..thus too much gets reserved at the expense of leaving sod all to run windows95. So ..I guess I will be content with no USB on 95. At least I know ..or at least ..I _think_ I understand why.. You'd think the obvious answer was just raise the cap.. Sadly this will not work ..as Win95 can only address 512 mb ..and even that is questionable. 256mb being the 'safe' stable limit. rgds VS [/QUOTE]
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