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From: scotte@applix.com (Scott Evernden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Surgical removal of TSRs
Message-ID: <1184@applix.com>
Date: 17 Apr 91 14:21:09 GMT
References: <1991Apr13.154941.1204@jwt.UUCP> <1991Apr14.215120.12728@kessner.denver.co.us> <1991Apr17.021437.10968@jwt.UUCP> <1991Apr17.041405.16350@agate.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: scotte@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden)
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In article <1991Apr17.041405.16350@agate.berkeley.edu> wbl@plague.Berkeley.EDU (Wen-Po Bobby Lee) writes:
>Pardon me if this is a FAQ or if I'm just asking the impossible...
>
>Is there a PD program that can remove TSRs from conventional memory, or
>better yet, one that can remove specific TSRs and "clean up" the memory
>(without affecting the DOS kernel or the COMMAND environment).  Also,
>how about a program that can remove drivers (like screen blankers)?

Somewhere in my archives I seem to remember saving a program named "Mark" (or
something?) which claimed to be able to do this.  I played with it a bit and
it did seem to work.  The idea is you run the program first so that a TSR
"marker" is placed in mem; then install all the TSRs you'll want removed
later.  At a later time, you run this other program which "pops" off all the
TSRs installed since the marker TSR.

I think I tracked this down on Compuserve after reading some paragraph
about it in the monthly CIS rag.  -within the last 6-8 months maybe.

Sorry I don't remember more.  If no one else gives you a better pointer,
let me know and I'll try and dig it out...

-scott