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From: ariel@seer.UUCP (Catherine Hampton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: 4DOS memory problem, XMS
Summary: You don't have a problem
Message-ID: <636@seer.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 90 20:37:13 GMT
References: <1990Oct8.015422.9534@ariel.unm.edu>
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Organization: Brad Lanam  Alamo, CA
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I don't think, from your description, that you have a problem
at all.

4DOS "takes over" that memory only to make it available to your
applications.  It functions in much the same manner as cshell,
within the limitations of a DOS environment.  I've used it
for about eighteen months on my '386, which has 4 megs of
RAM, and never had a problem.  And I run Paradox 3.5, Quattro
Pro, Windows 3.0 (about half the time), Word for Windows, 
WordPerfect . . . .

The 4DOS memory command simply shows you what you have, not 
what 4DOS is reserving for its exclusive use.

Cathy

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