Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!macadder From: macadder@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Cmdr Sean M Wetterer) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Question: only 639K available to DOS? Message-ID: <1991Feb16.003715.23965@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 16 Feb 91 00:37:15 GMT References: <15894.27bbb58b@levels.sait.edu.au> Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 15 xaandrews@levels.sait.edu.au writes: > Anybody come across the problem of only having 639K available to DOS? >The DOS MEM command reports only 654 366 bytes available instead of 655 360. I've seen this problem on a Compaq 386 system at my old job. Since it had nothing more than some lab software on it, I extremely doubt if this problem was due to a virus. Couldn't figure it out and using QRAM was impossible. (Always got a #*%#*ing "End of memory not at 640" error) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean M. Wetterer New Jerseyan and not afraid to admit it Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91126 So where are all the chemistry groupies? macadder@tybalt.caltech.edu No we aren't in San Luis Obispo! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------