edelhoff@exunido.uucp (Volker Edelhoff) (08/05/88)
To: spolsky@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP Subject: Re: RAM use in 4.0 (was Re DOS 4.0) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc In-Reply-To: <5725@super.upenn.edu> References: <611@wa3wbu.UUCP> <6065@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <4530@ut-emx.UUCP> <3866@pdn.UUCP> <296@octopus.UUCP> Organization: University of Dortmund,West Germany Cc: Bcc: Is there anybody out there who is able to start a simple CHKDSK under DOS 4.0! I would like to know how much free memory it reports. mfg Volker, 050888,13:42 E-MAIL: edelhoff@unido.bitnet
chasm@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Charles Marslett) (08/08/88)
In article <533@laura.UUCP>, edelhoff@exunido.uucp (Volker Edelhoff) writes: > > Is there anybody out there who is able to start a simple > CHKDSK > under DOS 4.0! > > I would like to know how much free memory it reports. > > mfg > Volker, 050888,13:42 > E-MAIL: edelhoff@unido.bitnet I haven't done it with the real thing, but a Beta copy IBM sent to STB reported (using the MEM command) over 36 Mbytes of EXTENDED memory on my V20 based Heathkit! (The Under-640K size was a much more realistic 584,336 bytes of 655,360 total). Charles Marslett STB Systems, Inc. <== All standard disclaimers apply here . . . chasm@killer.dallas.tx.us