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MAXMEM.SYS driver for M$DOS 7.1 (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 04.06.2022, 09:13

> So, did anyone get it to compile (to .SYS file?).

Yes. I used fasm v1.68 - no warnings or errors displayed.

> HIMEM.SYS to function, as I understand it. Sort of a passthrough or to
> shorten boot time?

It's been made pretty clear that the purpose is to get more conventional memory.

It works. On my test machine, the max free conv. space for program increases from 644.512 to 646.512 bytes.

On the downside, for those extra 2000 bytes, you have to load 3 additional drivers in config.sys ...

Upside: 2000 bytes are 16000 bit, so the total of bit combinations is increased by 2 to the power of 16000 ... that's a lot, if you have to count down it...

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Complete thread:

• MAXMEM.SYS driver for M$DOS 7.1 - CandyMan, 03.06.2022, 13:26 (Announce)
  • MAXMEM.SYS driver for M$DOS 7.1 - Zyzzle, 04.06.2022, 04:33
    • MAXMEM.SYS driver for M$DOS 7.1 - Japheth, 04.06.2022, 09:13
    • MAXMEM.SYS driver for M$DOS 7.1 - CandyMan, 04.06.2022, 14:31