[comp.os.os2.misc] DOS window on PS/2

mohamed@ecs.umass.edu (08/02/90)

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PS/2 Question

We just acquired a PS/2 Model 80, 70 mb Hard disk, 8 Mb RAM. Though it
felt like we got a real hot machine, it has been a disapointment.

Running OS/2 and other misc software cut the hard disk memory down to 
17 Mb. That's not the real problem. The DOS shell seems to have only 470 K
of RAM. 

That's less than the 640K (- util etc) of RAM for a regular PC-AT. Actually,
we were expecting to have a DOS shell with more than or atleast equal to
1 MB of RAM (like some Compaqs etc). Is there any way of increasing the
available RAM for the DOS shell ?

Specifically, I have to load INGRES-PC and run some SQL/C programs of the
DOS shell.  

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