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- HIGH MEMORY MANAGEMENT [new DOS 3.0]
-
- HIMEM.SYS allows programs on the computer to access extended memory, while
- freeing up as much as 64 kilobytes (thousands of characters) of conventional
- memory for program use by using the first part of extended memory. [Not
- present on all versions of DOS.]
-
- To install HIMEM.SYS, use an editor to put a line in the CONFIG.SYS file that
- looks like the one below.
-
- DEVICE=[d:][pathname]HIMEM.SYS [/HMAMIN=kb] [/NUMHANDLES=nn]
-
- /HMAMIN=kb specifies the minimum amount of memory in kilobytes that a program
- must use to access HIMEM area. Minimum of 0, maximum of 63, default of 0.
-
- /NUMHANDLES=nn specifies the maximum number of Extended Memory Block (EMB)
- handles that can be used. Minimum of 1, maximum of 128, default of 32.
-
- The DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS line should be in CONFIG.SYS before any other DEVICE
- lines.