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Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:31:45 PDT
From:	"Wirtz, Paul" <PWirtz@volt.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-General: Tuning OS/2 for legacy DOS

Does this program need low memory? you can also put DOS high and enable UMBs
from the DOS settings. Does it use expanded or extended memory? You can turn
off the types it doesn't need and set the size of the one it uses.

Paul D. Wirtz
Technical Staff
Volt Services Group
Network Support Group
pwirtz@volt.com - email
714.921.7443 - direct
714.921.7046 - fax

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Skye [mailto:pskye@peterskye.com]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 9:25 AM
To: scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject: SCOUG-General: Tuning OS/2 for legacy DOS

Virginia R. Hetrick wrote:
>
> One thing you may run into is that certain DOS programs
> won't run in 640KB. You'll wind up needing to set the
> amount of memory to 512KB. Sounds totally illogical ...

I'll use anything if it works. Thanks, Virginia. :)

- Peter

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