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Subject: Re: Tweeking the Bios

Author: Alex

Date: 06:42:56 05/11/03

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On May 11, 2003 at 08:44:49, Bo Persson wrote:

>On May 10, 2003 at 12:23:40, Alex  wrote:
>
>>On May 10, 2003 at 11:05:51, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote:
>>
>>>I was just wondering,why there isn't some form of Program, that can be installed
>>>to an individual's P/c to optimise or tweek It's proformance?Playing around
>>>inside One's Bios can cause alot of problems.Someone out there should have came
>>>up with a Program ,that will squeeze the little extra from each one of It's
>>>components.You will not double the proformance or speed but it might give you
>>>that little extra You need at times.Has Anyone heard or a Program as such?Does
>>>something like this exist? Let Me please hear Your comments.>>>>Mike
>>INDEED!!!!!!!!!!!  I agree.  Another great idea is to have a program that loads
>>all of one's mouse, cd rom, sound card drivers and also configures conventional
>>memory (from a clean-no windows- dos prompt) to give you 600k for all windows
>>systems so one can play those old and still wonderful (indeed dos is a great
>>chess programming environment) dos games!!!!!  Hear HEAR!!  Anyone know os such
>>a program??   Alex.
>
>
>Windows XP  :-)
>
>
>C:\Program\Support Tools>mem /c
>
>Conventional memory :
>
>  Name              Size    (decimal)      Size (hex)
>-------------      ---------------------   -------------
>  MSDOS              12144      ( 11.9K)       2F70
>  KBD                 3296      (  3.2K)        CE0
>  HIMEM               1248      (  1.2K)        4E0
>  COMMAND             4592      (  4.5K)       11F0
>  KB16                6096      (  6.0K)       17D0
>  LEDIGT               112      (  0.1K)         70
>  LEDIGT              1648      (  1.6K)        670
>  LEDIGT            626016      (611.3K)      98D60
>
>Total FREE:         627776      (613.1K)
>
>
>
>Bo Persson
>bop2@telia.com
 INDEED>>>>....   However I thought that windows xp did NOT run DOS programs?
---------  am I wrong?
Alex.



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