optimising memory

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Author: Jeff Kessler
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 00:00

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i'm told to move everything (i.e. DOS, drivers, TSRs etc) out of
conventional memory into high memory to optimise memory. how does this help,
don't they just use other bits of memory?
Also, how do i recognise a TSR file or a driver file?
thanks in advance!
jeffk@newscientist.net

Re: optimising memory

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Author: Ken Blake
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 00:00

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Jeff Kessler <jeffk@newscientist.net> wrote in message
news:38a60df8_1@news2.vip.uk.com...

> i'm told to move everything (i.e. DOS, drivers, TSRs etc)
out of
> conventional memory into high memory to optimise memory.
how does this help,
> don't they just use other bits of memory?


Yes.

The issue is pertient almost exclusively to DOS programs,
which can only use conventional memory. If you can move
things out of conventional memory, then there's more memory
for DOS programs to use.

If you don't run DOS programs, or those that you do use
don't complain about having insufficient memory, then
there's no issue at all, and there's no need to "move
everything (i.e. DOS, drivers, TSRs etc) out of conventional
memory into high memory."

--
   Ken Blake
   Please reply to the newsgroup.


> Also, how do i recognise a TSR file or a driver file?
> thanks in advance!
> jeffk@newscientist.net
>
>

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