stever@Octopus.COM (Steve Resnick ) (03/10/90)
I am in a bind. I have a LAN package under which runs a shop control package.
This software package needs, after DOS and any resident drivers and TSR's are
loaded (SHARE, PRINT, etc) 512K of RAM. This will just fit on a non-networked
machine, but with the network software there isn't enough RAM to run this thing.
What I decided to do was to write a TSR loader which will use the extended memory
on a 286 between FFFF:10 and FFFF:FFFF to keep the TSR. This is OK, but it has
to use .COM files since there is only a single segment and you cannot adjust segment FFFF to look like a different segment. Well, the network software uses .EXE
format files in their TSRs... I remember about 5 years ago there was a PD or shareware
program which would convert .EXE programs to .COM programs but I cannot find it
on any of the local BBS's.. if anyone can give me a lead on this I would be
greatly appreciative..Or if anyone can offer a suggestion as to how to load and
execute a .EXE file in a single segment of memory, that might help, too..
Thanx, in advance... Steve
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