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  1. Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:14454 comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware:2031
  2. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!isucard.card.iastate.edu!MLONG
  4. From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
  5. Subject: Re: high memory usage problem.
  6. Message-ID: <16897F222.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu>
  7. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  8. Organization: CARD
  9. References:  <Bx95p1.9H1@acsu.buffalo.edu>
  10. Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:13:02 GMT
  11. Lines: 28
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  13. In article <Bx95p1.9H1@acsu.buffalo.edu>                                                                                                              
  14. chan@acsu.buffalo.edu (lipchen alex chan) writes:                                                                                                     
  15.                                                                                                                                                       
  16. >                                                                                                                                                     
  17. >Hello,                                                                                                                                               
  18. >                                                                                                                                                     
  19. >I have an IBM PS/2 model 50 with total RAM of 7 mega and connected                                                                                   
  20. >to a LAN network. I use IBM DOS 5.0 now and I want to free-up as much                                                                                
  21. >conventional memory as I can. But even with the DEVICEHIGH= commands in                                                                              
  22. >config.sys and LOADHIGH commmands in autoexec.bat, none of the programs                                                                              
  23. >(e.g. mouse.com) seems to leave the conventional memory. What should I                                                                               
  24. >do in order to force as many programs to run in high memory as I can?                                                                                
  25. >Does the loadhigh command work in 286 machines? Please advise!                                                                                       
  26. >                                                                                                                                                     
  27. >Alex                                                                                                                                                 
  28. >                                                                                                                                                     
  29. >                                                                                                                                                     
  30. >--                                                                                                                                                   
  31. >                                                                                                                                                     
  32. >                                                                                                                                                     
  33. >                                                                                                                                                     
  34. >  +----------------------------------------------------------------+                                                                                 
  35. >                                                                                                                                                     
  36. Make sure and use DOS=HIGH.  PS/2 50 cannot LOADHIGH or DEVICEHIGHwith just DO                                                                        
  37. S 5.0.  You can get QEMM PS/2 50/60 that should let you LOADHI and laod device                                                                        
  38. drivers high though.                                                                                                                                  
  39. Mike Long                                                                                                                                             
  40. Iowa State University                                                                                                                                 
  41.