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Article #2504Re: DR-DOS ver 5.0
From: Frotz
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 1990 18:03
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 1990 18:03
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dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes: ] >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. ... Some also move TSRs and network ] drivers to EMS freeing up the lower 640KB for applications that can ] only run in low memory. Actually, the sweet thing about DR DOS is that it moves itself up there in addition to the other things like TSRs, drivers, etc... -- Frotz Disclaimer: This is probably a little biased...;-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!drivax!frotz From: frotz@drivax.UUCP (Frotz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: DR-DOS ver 5.0 Message-ID: <073NSGP@drivax.UUCP> Date: 16 Aug 90 18:03:52 GMT References: <1990Aug13.162833.19793@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK> <15160001@hpspcoi.HP.COM> Sender: frotz@dri.com Reply-To: frotz@dri.com Organization: Digital Research, Monterey CA Lines: 16