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In article <cass8806.134@elan.glassboro.edu>, cass8806@elan.glassboro.edu (KYLE CASSIDY) writes:
> 
> recently i bought 2 megs additional memory for my 386sx, (now have 3) 
> installed them, and was told my my computer on startup that "extended memory 
> was not available" -- i called the computer store where i had just shelled 
> out the $100 for the memory, and was told by their sales person that i 
> needed a "high memory manager" now and that i could get one for $75 if i 
> felt like toddling on back to the store. my question is -- before i lay out 
> all this extra money is -- what is the function of a high memory manager, 
> and what will it look like when i get it? are there several types of high 
> memory managers? am i looking for a brand name (though since he said it was 
> software, am i looking for a brand filename?)? or is there a freeware 
> himemory manager somewhere on wuarchive in the msdos directory? questions 
> questions....
> 
> thanks for your time.
> cass8806@glassboro.edu


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If you've upgraded to MSDOS5.0 the HIMEM.SYS which comes with it should do the
job. If you are using an earlier MSDOS, then it's time to upgrade.

If you ARE using 5.0, be sure that your CONFIG.SYS has the line:
    DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS
at the correct very early place in the file. The DOS5.0 manual should tell you
about this.

I don't know about freeware for this, but I'm very pleased with 386MAX 6.0 
which I use instead of himem.sys, which provides a lot more control and
features than himem.sys. 386MAX (or BlueMax for the true Blue) is commercial.