First post, by radiance32
Hi,
As most people on these forums know, if you have a 286 or better CPU, you can make use of extended memory and do all kinds of handy things,
like load dos into HIGH, UMB and load additional DOS drivers and TSRs into there too, to save as much conventional memory as possible (640kb).
I was wondering if there are any tricks to get more conventional memory or do similar things as above,
on systems with 8086 or 80186 CPUs, which have expanded memory. I have 1MB of expanded memory ony my 80186 CPU based system,
and besides the availability of 1MB of expanded memory, everything is normal, i have about 580kb of conventional memory available after boot and loading
all the device drivers/TSRs I need.
Is there any way to move anything into expanded memory and free up conventional memory?
Maybe using some exotic software tools, drivers or memory managers someone has developed over the years that's still around ?
Interested in hearing what you all have to say,
and if there are ways to get more conventional memory freed up 😀
Terrence
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