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- From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
- Subject: Re: high memory usage problem.
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- References: <Bx95p1.9H1@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:13:02 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- In article <Bx95p1.9H1@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- chan@acsu.buffalo.edu (lipchen alex chan) writes:
-
- >
- >Hello,
- >
- >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
- >
- >
- >--
- >
- >
- >
- > +----------------------------------------------------------------+
- >
- 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
-