From: DH473 AT AOL DOT COM
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Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 17:36:47 EDT
Subject: DRDOS 7.03 loading XMS-driver now wastes memory
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
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Sometimes I use to run the HIMEM.SYS from PC-DOS7 as XMS-driver. 
It consumes only about 750 Byte of my precious DOS memory. 
It runs stable all the time. 
Now with DRDOS 7.03 it occupies 32 KB more when loading! 
So the advantage to hold both the BIOS kernel code and the COMMAND.COM 
in the HMA would be lost. :-(
Any ideas?
btw for that configuration I really need a real mode boot - no EMM386.
And using DRDOS HIMEM.SYS as an UMB server as well is not a point 
as long as I cannot enable the shadow RAM and make use of it.  ;-) 

TIA,
Utz Zarwell,
<dh473 AT aol DOT com>