~DOS Tips.

Well since the introduction a couple issues ago of this area, I
have a wide arrangement of tips coming in most aimed at getting 
yourself that important extra few Kilobytes of memory.  Here's 
two options that will help you succeed this.


Assuming that you have the line :-

DEVICE = C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS  or similar

Add the the word HIGHSCAN to the end of the line and this should
free about 10k-25k in the Upper Memory Bank (UMB).  Beware though
as this may make some computers hang.

Eg.  DEVICE = C:\DOS\EM386.EXE NOEMS HIGHSCAN

Also by adding FRAME=E000 to the end of the line will move EMM386's
frame to another address, thus gaining you an extra 64K (or so) in
the UMB area.

Eg. DEVICE = C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS HIGHSCAN FRAME=E000


I have got both of these in my CONFIG.SYS and have freed at least
50K in the Upper Memory, not as much as I've been told but this
will obviously depend on what else you are running, but 50K is a
lot when it comes to getting a game to work due to a few K short
of minimum....!!!

Thanks for this tip whoever you are...  Next time give me your name !