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    In DOS memory management, conventional memory, also called base memory, is the first 640 kilobytes of the memory on IBM PC or compatible systems. It is...
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  • interface code left in conventional memory by self-relocating resident drivers which move most of themselves into upper memory, the high memory area, expanded...
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    applications access to more than 640 kibibytes (640*1024 bytes) (KiB) of "conventional memory". The 640 KiB limit was specific to the IBM PC and close compatibles;...
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    loads the fundamental memory managers into conventional memory, and thereafter everything else into the UMA. Conventional memory glutton programs such...
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    DOS memory management, expanded memory is a system of bank switching that provided additional memory to DOS programs beyond the limit of conventional memory...
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    operating system, which takes care of memory management and copying memory between conventional and extended memory, by temporarily switching the processor...
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  • stable with more memory modules than it would have otherwise. When conventional memory is compared with registered memory, conventional memory is usually referred...
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  • memory footprint of the IPX driver, which was vital for DOS and Windows up to Windows 95 due to the limited size at that time of conventional memory....
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  • Unreal mode Protected mode Conventional memory Extended memory (XMS) Expanded memory (EMS) High Memory Area (HMA) Upper Memory Block (UMB) DOS Protected...
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    DR-DOS (redirect from MemoryMAX)
    a chunk of memory at the start of the memory map in order for programs to load above this barrier (but with less usable conventional memory then). By default...
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