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Article #2462Re: DR-DOS ver 5.0
From: Danny Low
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 1990 22:08
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 1990 22:08
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>DR advertised that DR-DOS ver 5 can give you >620K. But does it apply to any
>machine configurations? I would like to know whether it will help in the
>following two cases:
DR DOS most likely reclaims portions of memory between 640KB and 1MB that
are not actually in use. While that entire portion is "reserved" only
a small portion of it is actually used in most systems. There are MS DOS
add ons that does the same thing. QRAM, 386Max, etc. are all memory
managers that reclaim this memory space. Some also move TSRs and
network drivers to EMS freeing up the lower 640KB for applications
that can only run in low memory.
Danny Low
"Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
HP SPCD dlow%hpspcoi@hplabs.hp.com ...!hplabs!hpspcoi!dlow
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