HIMEM

(software, storage)

An IBM PC extended memory manager, part of MS-DOS version 5.00 or higher. HIMEM can also act as an A20 handler.

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It had no problems, however, operating under HIMEM and EMM386 as supplied with MS-DOS 6.2.

Included with the DOS 5.0 upgrade is HIMEM.SYS, a program that provides access to extended memory and insures that no two programs can use the same memory address.

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using IBM model 50, himem sys, smartdrv." Among all possible variables, an adviser targeted SMARTDRV as the most likely source of difficulty and gave the user a general sequence of actions for examining SMARTDRV.

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