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Subject: Re: MS-DOS 5 and upper memory
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Date: 6 May 91 02:12:57 GMT
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In article <32733@shamash.cdc.com>, slc1290@hare.udev.cdc.com (steve chesney x4662) writes:
> SOme discussion has been made of the upcoming MS-DOS 5 and its ability to 
> locate itself and maybe TSRs to Upper Memory Blocks. My question: does
> MS-DOS 5 know how to relocate these things, or will the user still have to 
> use a QEMM or MOVE'M type product to do this?


Well, MS-DOS 5.0 definitely locates itself in high-memory, and it does have
a load-hi program.  I have not messed with it much, by on the system we have
tried it on, MS-DOS 4.01 leaves 526k free after all device drivers are load,
with QEMM that figure goes up to about 590k, and MS-DOS 5.0 tops off at
596k of free memory.  The only problem that I have noted so far is that MS-DOS
5.0 doesn't like Smart-Drive if the hard disk is over 120MB, but I am sure that
there is a fix for this in the works.  Other than that, it works terrific.