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From: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Generate real-mode 386 DOS executables?
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-: > That is, I don't want to have to install 
-: > himem.sys to support a protected mode application.  
-: 
-: HIMEM.SYS is not needed, and you can bind cwsdstub.exe into an image for
-: a single EXE distribution.

My only use for HIMEM.SYS has been to load DOS into the HMA.  Does this
capability (i.e., DOS=HIGH) have any advantage in protected mode, other
than to free up some conventional memory below the 640K mark?