Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!biivax.dp.beckman.com!dn71!a_rubin From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Device Driver or TSR? Message-ID: Date: 10 May 91 15:38:42 GMT References: <1991May7.163424.20942@midway.uchicago.edu> <1991May10.054812.16312@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: dn71.dse.beckman.com In <1991May10.054812.16312@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) writes: >In my humble opinion, a .COM can be loaded after bootup and aded later, >whereas a .SYS can only be loaded AT bootup and cannot be unloaded at all. >.SYS files usually take up less memory (they are smaller) but probably cannot >be moved to high memory, if your system is capable of that. At least with QEMM386, .SYS files can be moved to high memory. >Hmm. There. I said it. Please correct any errors or misleading statements >I might have made. I try. > * * * * * * * ======================= Meir Green >* * * * * * * * ======================= mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu > * * * * * * * ======================= N2JPG -- a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com My opinions are my own, and do not represent those of my employer.