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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 08:54:02 -0700 (PDT)
Organization: Index School District #63
From: Paul Wittry <ppw3 AT premier1 DOT net>
To: OpenDOS <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE Memory  optimization help
Cc: "Mark AT BlinkLink DOT NET  AKA" <mwarchol AT flash DOT net>
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On 19-May-98 List Server at delorie.com wrote:
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->Message-Id: <199805182216 DOT RAA04863 AT endeavor DOT flash DOT net>
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->To: <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
->From: "Mark AT BlinkLink DOT NET  AKA" <mwarchol AT flash DOT net>
->CC: <PAUL-MA AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>, <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
->Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:16:16 +0400
->Subject: Re: Memory optimization help...
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->On 1998-05-14 Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de said:
->   >On Thu, 14 May 1998 Jonathan Roberts posted his configuration
->files.
->   >Here are a few suggestions to improve performance, and get a
->better
->   >memory footprint:
->   >> ****** CONFIG.SYS *
->   >As already said in the replies, please try to defragment your
->UMB
->   >area to get a single continous chunk. This will reduce
->left-over
->   >unused areas, and also will allow to loadhigh much larger
->drivers.
->   >I would also use /USE and /RAM options. Since you're using
->NWCACHE,
->  Do you mean here to use "/use" in the line?
->
->   >SHELLHIGH= SIZE=1B00 c:\drdos\command.com c:\drdos\ /E:1024 /MH
->/P
->Do you mean 1B00, I tried that without any difference so put it
->back to
->"20", don't know what 1b00 is or is that a spokt?
->
->  Thanks,
->      Mark
->
->
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->End of opendos daily digest for 18 May 1998
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Hello OpenDOS Listers and Mark,

The correct value for "SIZE=" in the SHELLHIGH command is: 2160

That is: 
  SHELLHIGH SIZE=2160 c:\drdos\command.com c:\drdos\ /E:1024 /MH

If in doubt run "mem /f" with 2159 as the size.

HTH,
Paul
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08:54:02 PDT, 19-May-98
Paul Wittry <ppw3 AT premier1 DOT net> <index AT gte DOT net>
Assistant System Administrator, Index School District #63
Index, Washington, USA
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