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Article #2513Re: Re: DR-DOS ver 5.0 (now *very* long, biased opinion;-)
From: Peter Lim
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 1990 18:33
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 1990 18:33
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> / dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) / 4:08 pm Aug 14, 1990 /
>
> 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.
>
While this is true, you'll never be able to get > 600 K free with MS-DOS
and one of QRAM, 386MAX etc. (unless you use hercules card). This is
because MS-DOS must reside in low memory.
Now, one question for DR DOS 5.0 advocates. Does the setup works with
MS Windows 3.0 running in 386 enhanced mode ?
Regards, ## Life is fast enough as it is ........
Peter Lim. ## .... DON'T PUSH IT !! >>>-------,
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