How to get more than 570K in a DOS window under WIN 3.0?

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1 total messages Started by ndeng Mon, 17 Dec 1990 07:29

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Author: ndeng
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 1990 07:29

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I have a question about using DOS applications under Windows 3.0: 
(fairly basic, but I don't know how to do it)

   How to free up enough memory for DOS applications to be able to
   run successfully under windows?

As many DOS applications really require 570-580KB of memory, but under
a win 3.0 window, I can get only 535K at most (Use Desqview I can get
570-580K easily for the same config.sys file). I know I have some device
drivers and my environment setup has been complex, but how could I load 
the drivers into high memory so as to free as much as possible of the 
640K under windows? 

Please respond to this account since I don't read the net regularly. 
Any pointer would be very much appreciated. If there is enough general 
interest, I'll post a summary.

Mike
ndeng@euler.berkeley.edu

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