From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
Subject: Re: high memory usage problem.
Organization: CARD
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:13:02 GMT

In article <Bx95p1.9H1@acsu.buffalo.edu>                                                                                                              
chan@acsu.buffalo.edu (lipchen alex chan) writes:                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                      
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>Hello,                                                                                                                                               
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>I have an IBM PS/2 model 50 with total RAM of 7 mega and connected                                                                                   
>to a LAN network. I use IBM DOS 5.0 now and I want to free-up as much                                                                                
>conventional memory as I can. But even with the DEVICEHIGH= commands in                                                                              
>config.sys and LOADHIGH commmands in autoexec.bat, none of the programs                                                                              
>(e.g. mouse.com) seems to leave the conventional memory. What should I                                                                               
>do in order to force as many programs to run in high memory as I can?                                                                                
>Does the loadhigh command work in 286 machines? Please advise!                                                                                       
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>Alex                                                                                                                                                 
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Make sure and use DOS=HIGH.  PS/2 50 cannot LOADHIGH or DEVICEHIGHwith just DO                                                                        
S 5.0.  You can get QEMM PS/2 50/60 that should let you LOADHI and laod device                                                                        
drivers high though.                                                                                                                                  
Mike Long                                                                                                                                             
Iowa State University