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From: goyal@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: need help with config.sys
Message-ID: <1991Feb18.235530.6318@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 18 Feb 91 23:55:30 GMT
Sender: goyal@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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hello friends
i got a 386sx with 2 meg just today
the memory above 640k and below 1meg is configured as shadow ram
and the one above 1meg as ext memory. i know this by looking at
the screen when i boot the pc up

i am confused as to how to best use the memory above 640k
i am not a big windows fan and i use it sparingly but the
windows documentation advises against configuring the extended
memory as expanded memory. i don't know whether programs like
wordperfect and quattro pro use extended or expanded memory.
these programs i use much more than windows.

so i am not sure if i should follow windows documentation (and
have a big smartdrv) or make the extended memory emulate expanded
memory.
i have one more question: why is it that my autoexec.bat is not
executed if i include SHELL=\DOS\COMMAND.COM in the config.sys?

any help is most appreciated.

sameer goyal
goyal@ccu.umanitoba.ca