OS/2 gives DOS programs access to the device

By Rod Smith - Published on The Warp Pharmacy.

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Memory in a DOS session under Warp, with full access to mouse, CD-ROM, network, etc.

Memory below 640KB (conventional memory)

Name               Size in Decimal       Size in Hex -     -   -  DOS                11600      ( 11.3K)       2D50 COMMAND            4976      (  4.9K)       1370 APPEND               16      (  0.0K)         10 FREE                192      (  0.2K)         C0  FREE              633920      (619.1K)      9AC40 Total FREE:    634112  (619.3K)

Memory above 640KB (upper memory blocks)

Name               Size in Decimal       Size in Hex -     -   -  APPEND              6432      (  6.3K)       1920 FREE              79504      ( 77.6K)      13690 FREE               8176      (  8.0K)       1FF0 Total FREE:     87680  ( 85.6K)

Total bytes avail to programs (conv + UMB) :    721792  (704.9K) Largest executable program size           :     633920  (619.1K) Largest LOADHIGH executable program size  :      79504  ( 77.6K)

18808832 bytes total EMS memory 18169856 bytes free EMS memory

16711680 bytes total XMS memory 16711680 bytes available XMS memory 0 bytes available contiguous extended memory DOS resident in High Memory Area High Memory Area in use

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