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                            HIMEM.SYS──Examples
 
To run HIMEM using the default values, add the following command line to
your CONFIG.SYS file:
 
    device=himem.sys
 
The command line shown above does not specify a path for the HIMEM.SYS file;
therefore, MS-DOS searches for the HIMEM.SYS file only in the root directory
of your startup drive. Because this command line does not include additional
options, HIMEM uses the default values for those options. HIMEM allocates
the HMA to the first program that requests it and allows the simultaneous
use of up to 32 extended-memory handles.
 
Increasing the number of memory handles that HIMEM provides
 
To specify that a maximum of 128 extended-memory handles can be used
simultaneously, add the following command line to your CONFIG.SYS file:
 
    device=c:\dos\himem.sys /numhandles=128
 
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