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Utility for creating very large RAM drives in XMS, up to 2GB. | Utility for creating very large RAM drives in XMS, up to 2GB. | ||
[http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html Website] | [http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html Website] | ||
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| + | === FDAPM === | ||
| + | APM/ACPI manager. Provides power management and energy saving funtionality. Can also be used to slow down the CPU, which can be useful with certain speed-sensitive programs and games. | ||
| + | [http://www.freedos.org/software/?prog=fdapm Website] | ||
== Example configuration files == | == Example configuration files == | ||
Revision as of 05:46, 19 February 2013
MS-DOS compatible operating systems often require TSRs for basic functionality, such as memory management or CD-ROM drivers. Many older TSRs, like the drivers included in MS-DOS, often consume large amounts of conventional memory. There are however many free and open-source replacements for these TSRs, which use less base memory and add extra functionality. This page lists a number of these utilities.
Contents
Utilities
FreeDOS
Full MS-DOS-compatible operating system. Includes most of the utilities and drivers listed below. Website
UMBPCI
UMB memory manager. Provides UMB memory without EMS, uses only 200 bytes of base memory. Website
Jemm386 and HimemX
XMS/EMS memory manager, replacement for HIMEM.SYS and/or EMM386.EXE. Website
XMGR
XMS memory manager, replacement for HIMEM.SYS. Website
UIDE
Universal IDE/SATA driver. Provides CD/DVD drivers and a large disk cache up to 4GB. Website
RDISK
Utility for creating very large RAM drives in XMS, up to 2GB. Website
FDAPM
APM/ACPI manager. Provides power management and energy saving funtionality. Can also be used to slow down the CPU, which can be useful with certain speed-sensitive programs and games. Website
Example configuration files
CONFIG.SYS
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AUTOEXEC.BAT
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