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From: Greg.Smith@p11.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Greg Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Ms Dos 5.0
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Date: 2 Jan 91 08:30:00 GMT
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To: iqe@vax5.cit.cornell.edu

In a message to All <02 Jan 91 13:19> Iqe@vax5.cit.cornell.edu wrote:

 Iq> Does anyone out there (perhaps someone
 Iq> who has seen or is using a beta ver)
 Iq> know (or have an idea of what we can expect:
 Iq>       How much of the precious 640K will DOS 5 take up?
If MS 5 is anything like Dr-Dos 5.0, it won't use nearly as much if you have high memory.  I have 611k free for dos programs.  Most of my TSR's and all of Dos is loaded high.
 Iq>       Can things be loaded into the 640K - 1M area with DOS 5?
See above!
 Iq>       Can part of the OS be loaded above 1M?
Yes.  It can. Freeing up even more memory.

 Iq>       Can part of the OS be loaded into EMS (code can be loaded into
 Iq>       EMS, cant it?)?
No, but It is good to have EMS for DesqView.


                         Greg
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