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Specifying the /PAGE switch automatically
 
You can use the DOSKEY program to automatically add the /PAGE switch to the
MEM command. Then, each time you use MEM, it will pause after each screenful
of information even if you don't type the /P switch on the MEM command line.
To do this, add the following commands to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
 
    c:\dos\doskey
    doskey mem=mem.exe $* /p
 
Displaying memory status
 
MS-DOS displays the status of extended memory only if you have installed
memory above the 1-megabyte (MB) boundary in your system. MS-DOS displays
the status of expanded memory only if you use expanded memory that conforms
to version 4.0 of the Lotus/Intel/Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification
(LIM EMS). MS-DOS displays the status of the upper memory area only if a UMB
provider such as EMM386 is installed and the command DOS=UMB is included in
the CONFIG.SYS file. MS-DOS does not display the status of the upper memory
area if you issue the MEM command while you are running Windows version
3.0.
 
Allocating extended memory
 
To allocate Interrupt 15h memory and XMS memory at the same time, use the
/INT15 switch when you load the HIMEM.SYS device driver.
 
For more information, see <HIMEM.SYS>.
 
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