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From: umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: DR DOS 5.0
Message-ID: <1990Aug28.175850.9390@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 28 Aug 90 17:58:50 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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I had been sort of confused about what people had been saying regarding
the memory available in DR DOS 5.0 for DOS applications.  Then I
saw an 800 number for DR posted on a BBS so I called and asked myself,
this is what they told me:
 
On a 286 machine, with atleast 1 meg, WITHOUT the C&T NEAT chipset, you
will have between 585K and 604K available for DOS applications.  
With the C&T NEAT chipset, you will have 604K to 620K available for
DOS applications, which is also what will be available to 386 users.
  
This means you DO NOT! need EMS memory to get the 585K to 604K free,
which is what I had assumed from some of the postings.
  
Hope this clears up some confusion for others.
 
For those interested the number is 1-800-443-4200 and it works from
Canada too!
  
Charles