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From: frotz@drivax.UUCP (Frotz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: DR-DOS ver 5.0
Message-ID: <073NSGP@drivax.UUCP>
Date: 16 Aug 90 18:03:52 GMT
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dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:

] >DR advertised that DR-DOS ver 5 can give you >620K. But does it apply to any
] >machine configurations? I would like to know whether it will help in the
] >following two cases:

] DR DOS most likely reclaims portions of memory between 640KB and 1MB
] that are not actually in use. ...  Some also move TSRs and network
] drivers to EMS freeing up the lower 640KB for applications that can
] only run in low memory. 

Actually, the sweet thing about DR DOS is that it moves itself up there in
addition to the other things like TSRs, drivers, etc...
--
Frotz
Disclaimer:  This is probably a little biased...;-)