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Re: pcdos 5.0

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From: Noam Mendelson
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 06:06
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In article <1991Apr4.033316.14074@uncecs.edu> aadm@uncecs.edu (Atkins D. Michael) writes:

> ... deleted text ...
>our software is very sensitive to tsr's and must have >572 of 
>free memory (low 640).  with the drivers and required configuration
>we are very close to that limit with no frills therefore have to
>use 3.3 as the overhead even without the shell in 4.1 puts us over 
>the limit ...
> ... deleted text ...

Have you considered loading the TSRs and device drivers into high
memory (i.e., memory above 640K)?  This is possible on a 386 (and
486, I assume) using software such as Quarterdeck's QEMM, assuming
you have at least 1M installed the system.

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Subject: Re: pcdos 5.0
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