Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.misc:1503 comp.os.msdos.programmer:4105 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!richard From: richard@iesd.auc.dk (Richard Flamsholt S0rensen) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: IBM & MS DOS 5.0 - loadhigh on ATs Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 16:48:14 GMT References: <91078.145407CES8@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 33 In-reply-to: CES8@psuvm.psu.edu's message of 19 Mar 91 19:54:07 GMT I've tried a beta version of the new DOS (MSDOS 500.409e I think...) because I'd heard, that it could load device drivers and TSRs high even on 286-based ATs. My machine is a two year old AT with 384Kb of plain extended RAM (no shadow, chip&techologies, NEAT or whatever). I tried so (using "loadhigh "), and it didn't complain (i.e. no "Machine too old for this trick" error message or the like), but it didn't load anything high: a look at the memory using MAPMEM revealed, that it had been put into low DOS memory (both device drivers and TSRs). I've permuted the device driver lines in my config.sys quite heavily and don't think there's any combination I haven't tried. Currently, it reads device = c:\dos\dos500\himem.sys dos = high [other devices, shell, break, etc ... nothing using extended RAM] My question is: does anybody know, if this "you can load drivers and TSRs high also on 286 ATs"-tale belongs in alt.folklore.urban or, if not, what I should do to make it behave? Thanks in advance - Richard [ObPCstuff: I haven't tried it extensively. Compared to 3.30, which I usually use, there are *many* new commands (like undelete and unformat), some enhancements of the old ones (eg FC, which is now more DIFF-like) and a online help. I think the command.com is ~45Kb] -- /Richard Flamsholt richard@iesd.auc.dk