Re: Directx 3 "upsets" existing DOS mode games

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From: jan.m... Jan Mandler
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 00:00

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On Sun, 11 May 1997 14:15:43 GMT, d...@bridge.net (David L Webster)
wrote:

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>>Secondly, dos7 by default uses more base memory.
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>This is correct, it uses 25k more than DOS 6.22  in a clean boot with
>no drivers, not loading DOS high, etc.

Did you try using the dos=high,umb,NOAUTO in your config.sys? This
will make DOS 7 a bit "smaller".

Jan
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From: jan.m...@stud-mailer.uni-marburg.de (Jan Mandler)
Subject: Re: Directx 3 "upsets" existing DOS mode games
Date: 1997/05/11
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