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to: DAVID NOON
from: ANDREA FLEISHMAN
date: 1996-06-21 10:25:00
subject: 640k, need more for dos

Hi David,
-=> Quoting David Noon to Andrea Fleishman <=-
 AF> In another note someone said to set the RM size to 639...can't do
 AF> that.  It's  either 636 or 640.  I set it back to 640.
 DN> This is addressed in #7, above. If your BIOS places its XBDA (eXtended
 DN> BIOS Data Area) close to either limit of conventional memory, place a
 DN> SET DOS_RMSIZE=639 in your CONFIG.SYS and reboot. However, this
 DN> affects only a few nasty BIOS's so most people prosper with the default
 DN> of 640. 
 DN> Regards
Thanks for the good explanation.  This one goes in my "I don't know" file for 
future ref also.
            Andrea
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