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From: valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty)
Subject: Re: IBM & MS DOS 5.0 - loadhigh on ATs
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Date: 20 Mar 91 19:32:56 GMT

richard@iesd.auc.dk (Richard Flamsholt S0rensen) writes:


>  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).
...
>  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?

I don't know anything about DRDOS or MSDOS 500 or whatever, but I do
know that yes, you can loadhi on a 286, provided you can configure the
high memory as expanded.  If not, you are SOL.  If so, try something like
HRAM, available at all FTP sites.

Upon re-reading your post, I think you may be in that spot (extended
only, no expanded)  I seriously don't think it can be done with straight
extended (Maybe the HMA via an XMS driver?  Nah.  Too weird).  Also, 
those emulators that allow you to emulate expanded in extended don't
work for loading high.  More's the pity...