TITLE:              DMA Buffer Size with EMM386
DOCUMENT ID:        TID020897
DOCUMENT REVISION:  1
DATE:               05MAY95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
README FOR:         NA

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NOVELL DOS 7.0

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ISSUE:

How to specify the buffer size for DMA Transfer with EMM386.

Some users reported problems, that some of their games won't run on
Novell DOS 7, because they need a specific DMA buffer size to run. 
They also complained that there is no MS equivalent DMA= switch in
our EMM386.

Although the documentation doesn't mention a DMA= switch, it is
implemented.  DMA=kb sets DMA buffer size where 'kb' is the decimal
number of kilobytes to reserve and must be in the range 0-65535. The
preceding information can be obtained by typing EMM386 helpdevice at
the command line.

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