Re: Memory problem in DOS

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From: rail... HaRRy Sutton
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 00:00

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On Sat, 02 Aug 1997 02:37:17 GMT, j...@intel.net expounded:

>THIS IS ACTUALLY A WIN 95 PROBLEM..
>FYI, WIN95/DOS IS DOS IN A WINDOWS BOX, NOT REAL DOS..
>SO TO GET REAL DOS, USE A BOOT DISK, OR SYSTEM COMMANDER, OR SOME
>OTHER BOOT MANAGER.
>JS

Please stop SHOUTING. If you must use all one case, please use lower
case.

>PS: IN DOS, THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE BOTH DOS=UMB AND DOS=HIGH.
>BETTER DOS=HIGH.

That's wrong.  DOS=UMB and DOS=HIGH do two very different things.
Both are normally required in a standard DOS installation.  Please see
(MS-DOS 6.x) HELP DOS.  Be sure to read the <Notes> section of the
Help article.

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From: rail...@prodigy-NOSPAM.net (HaRRy Sutton)
Subject: Re: Memory problem in DOS
Date: 1997/08/02
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