as long as emm386 hasn't taken a shit, anyways
August 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM
as long as emm386 hasn't taken a shit, anyways
Should I be horrified or bemused that I still know the fix for this is to put
Himem.sys
Device=emm386.exe
Dos=high,umb
into my config.sys, reboot the computer, and then install the game?
Himem.sys
Device=emm386.exe
Dos=high,umb
into my config.sys, reboot the computer, and then install the game?
May 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Should I be horrified or bemused that I still know the fix for this is to put
Himem.sys
Device=emm386.exe
Dos=high,umb
into my config.sys, reboot the computer, and then install the game?
Himem.sys
Device=emm386.exe
Dos=high,umb
into my config.sys, reboot the computer, and then install the game?
Age verification?
device=c:\windows\himem.sys
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems
dos=high,umb
deviceHigh=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys
files=200
buffers=20
device=c:\windows\himem.sys
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems
dos=high,umb
deviceHigh=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys
files=200
buffers=20
Age verification? While at an airline summit in Europe, I met a writer at new internet site AOL explaining they were writing a new travel thing called a blog.
July 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Age verification?
device=c:\windows\himem.sys
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems
dos=high,umb
deviceHigh=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys
files=200
buffers=20
device=c:\windows\himem.sys
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems
dos=high,umb
deviceHigh=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys
files=200
buffers=20
게이머의 양대 파일은 himem.sys와 emm386.exe(…
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
게이머의 양대 파일은 himem.sys와 emm386.exe(…
EMM386이 뭔지도 모르면서 예전이 게임하기 편했다니 무슨소리니
April 28, 2026 at 11:23 PM
EMM386이 뭔지도 모르면서 예전이 게임하기 편했다니 무슨소리니
You can draw a direct line between me figuring out EMM386 so I could make X-Wing work & my current career.
May 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
You can draw a direct line between me figuring out EMM386 so I could make X-Wing work & my current career.
MOVE THOSE DIP SWITCHES SO THE PRINTER DOESNT CONFLICT ON IRQ7
SET UP YOUR EMM386 SETTINGS IN CONFIG.SYS SO THE GAME CAN USE A WHOLE 5 MEGABYTES OF MEMORY
USE 9 FUCKING FLOPPY DISKS TO INSTALL
SET UP YOUR EMM386 SETTINGS IN CONFIG.SYS SO THE GAME CAN USE A WHOLE 5 MEGABYTES OF MEMORY
USE 9 FUCKING FLOPPY DISKS TO INSTALL
May 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
MOVE THOSE DIP SWITCHES SO THE PRINTER DOESNT CONFLICT ON IRQ7
SET UP YOUR EMM386 SETTINGS IN CONFIG.SYS SO THE GAME CAN USE A WHOLE 5 MEGABYTES OF MEMORY
USE 9 FUCKING FLOPPY DISKS TO INSTALL
SET UP YOUR EMM386 SETTINGS IN CONFIG.SYS SO THE GAME CAN USE A WHOLE 5 MEGABYTES OF MEMORY
USE 9 FUCKING FLOPPY DISKS TO INSTALL
I remember being an eight year old who could write a config.sys and autoexec.bat. I knew how to invoke HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE! 💀
July 22, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I remember being an eight year old who could write a config.sys and autoexec.bat. I knew how to invoke HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE! 💀
Age verification?
device=himem.sys
DOS=HIGH,UMB
device=emm386.exe NOEMS
device=himem.sys
DOS=HIGH,UMB
device=emm386.exe NOEMS
Age verification?
Mio mao mio mao lallallalalà
Mio mao mio mao lallallalalà
July 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Age verification?
device=himem.sys
DOS=HIGH,UMB
device=emm386.exe NOEMS
device=himem.sys
DOS=HIGH,UMB
device=emm386.exe NOEMS
"Was hast Du denn so vor ca. 40 Jahren um diese Zeit gemacht?"
"Glaub da hab ich an den Einstellungen zum EMM386-Treiber herumgedreht."
"Glaub da hab ich an den Einstellungen zum EMM386-Treiber herumgedreht."
December 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"Was hast Du denn so vor ca. 40 Jahren um diese Zeit gemacht?"
"Glaub da hab ich an den Einstellungen zum EMM386-Treiber herumgedreht."
"Glaub da hab ich an den Einstellungen zum EMM386-Treiber herumgedreht."
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
May 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
I know! And EMM386.
Magazines, library books, friends
I mean, I'm assuming friends. I didn't have any of those.
Magazines, library books, friends
I mean, I'm assuming friends. I didn't have any of those.
November 30, 2024 at 1:26 AM
I know! And EMM386.
Magazines, library books, friends
I mean, I'm assuming friends. I didn't have any of those.
Magazines, library books, friends
I mean, I'm assuming friends. I didn't have any of those.
me acuerdo que configuraba el emm386.bat y que cargaba el simcga para jugar en monitor monocromatico
February 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
me acuerdo que configuraba el emm386.bat y que cargaba el simcga para jugar en monitor monocromatico
Anyone who seriously suggests that PC gaming was better in the 90s should have to spend a weekend fucking around with HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE just to free up enough conventional memory to get new Wing Commander to even launch.
May 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Anyone who seriously suggests that PC gaming was better in the 90s should have to spend a weekend fucking around with HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE just to free up enough conventional memory to get new Wing Commander to even launch.
Love Satya's callout to Windows 3.1. My career started out supporting devices running DOS, then Windows 3.1 for Workgroups on token ring networks. DOS=HIGH. EMM386 is life. #MSIgnite
November 19, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Love Satya's callout to Windows 3.1. My career started out supporting devices running DOS, then Windows 3.1 for Workgroups on token ring networks. DOS=HIGH. EMM386 is life. #MSIgnite
also sorry that this list is emm386 erasure, forgot that one
honorable mention: the autoexec.bat on a floppy that just loads doom and saves RAM from not loading win3/95 first
another mention: considered sc2k but that ones way better in windows
honorable mention: the autoexec.bat on a floppy that just loads doom and saves RAM from not loading win3/95 first
another mention: considered sc2k but that ones way better in windows
May 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
also sorry that this list is emm386 erasure, forgot that one
honorable mention: the autoexec.bat on a floppy that just loads doom and saves RAM from not loading win3/95 first
another mention: considered sc2k but that ones way better in windows
honorable mention: the autoexec.bat on a floppy that just loads doom and saves RAM from not loading win3/95 first
another mention: considered sc2k but that ones way better in windows
‘Oo remembers EMM386?
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
‘Oo remembers EMM386?
Or all the flags for EMM386
December 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Or all the flags for EMM386
theyre calling it emm386 for the soul
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
theyre calling it emm386 for the soul
bear in mind musk apparently really believes Roko's Basilisk (the theory that superintelligent ai will punish anyone who didn't actively help create it) is real
the real question is, does humanity have to reboot with an EMM386 config file so that AI has access to HIMEM.SYS
the real question is, does humanity have to reboot with an EMM386 config file so that AI has access to HIMEM.SYS
Elon: why does everyone hate me?
Also Elon: you are a bootloader for Grok
Also Elon: you are a bootloader for Grok
April 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
bear in mind musk apparently really believes Roko's Basilisk (the theory that superintelligent ai will punish anyone who didn't actively help create it) is real
the real question is, does humanity have to reboot with an EMM386 config file so that AI has access to HIMEM.SYS
the real question is, does humanity have to reboot with an EMM386 config file so that AI has access to HIMEM.SYS