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Old 06-08-2008, 03:49 PM
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Default Re: DOS and 4GB of RAM

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 14:12:17 -0700 (PDT), Claudehl@aol.com wrote:

>On Jun 7, 4:34?am, teebo wrote:
>> > Well, to partially answer my own question, it's still not good with
>> > 3GB of RAM.
>> > It seems OK with 2.5GB of RAM, at least for SMARTDRV and WFWG 3.11.
>> > Sound card still won't initiate though.
>> > Odd.

>>
>> strange that it works with 2.5 GB but not 3 GB....

>
>Yes.
>
>Is there anyway to limit how much memory is available to DOS, without
>actually pulling physical RAM out?


Yes, but I forget what it is. IIRC it involved parameters on lines in
config.sys, perhaps in the himem line. Try google groups.

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