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Article #5988Re: high memory usage problem.
From: MLONG
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 23:13
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 23:13
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In article <Bx95p1.9H1@acsu.buffalo.edu>
chan@acsu.buffalo.edu (lipchen alex chan) writes:
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>Hello,
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>I have an IBM PS/2 model 50 with total RAM of 7 mega and connected
>to a LAN network. I use IBM DOS 5.0 now and I want to free-up as much
>conventional memory as I can. But even with the DEVICEHIGH= commands in
>config.sys and LOADHIGH commmands in autoexec.bat, none of the programs
>(e.g. mouse.com) seems to leave the conventional memory. What should I
>do in order to force as many programs to run in high memory as I can?
>Does the loadhigh command work in 286 machines? Please advise!
>
>Alex
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Make sure and use DOS=HIGH. PS/2 50 cannot LOADHIGH or DEVICEHIGHwith just DO
S 5.0. You can get QEMM PS/2 50/60 that should let you LOADHI and laod device
drivers high though.
Mike Long
Iowa State University
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!isucard.card.iastate.edu!MLONG From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu Subject: Re: high memory usage problem. Message-ID: <16897F222.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: CARD References: <Bx95p1.9H1@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:13:02 GMT Lines: 28