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From: anderson@uwmacc.UUCP (Jess Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Removing memory resident programs
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Date: Sat, 1-Nov-86 21:15:17 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  1 21:15:17 1986
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> To make my PC's enviornment a little friendlier, I have ended up installing
> several memory resident programs (CED, Sidekick, etc) to do some of the things
> DOS should/might/ought to do.  A little here and a little there and all of a
> sudden I am using an additional 90K for this stuff.  
> 
> This only presents a problem to me when I am trying to run a very very memory
> hungry program (like SPSS/PC+).  I have temporarily solved the problem by
> fixing my autoexec.bat file so that I can jump out before these memory
> resident routines are brought in, but there has to be a better way.
> 
> John Nevius
> John Fluke Mfg. Co. Inc.
> P.O. C-9090  MS-266D
> Everett, WA.
>         98206
> (206)-356-5068
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One thing and others in this boat might try is a pair of programs call
MARK and RELEASE, available on many bulletin boards; look for those
names or something like TSR*.ARC. I got them from the Power Board,
608/222-8842 (local call for me, naturally).
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