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minus-squareChrister Enfors@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI figured it out - it was memmaker. It automatically edited autoexec.bat (and possibly also config.sys, I’m not sure).
minus-squaremonotremata@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAh, yeah, I think that may actually have been a paid program. It was something folks were willing to pay not to have to do, because, as I say, it was surprisingly tricky to manage the memory below 640K.
minus-squareChrister Enfors@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoWell, at least in our case, it wasn’t something that we bought. I’m pretty sure it came with our MS-DOS.
I figured it out - it was memmaker. It automatically edited autoexec.bat (and possibly also config.sys, I’m not sure).
Ah, yeah, I think that may actually have been a paid program. It was something folks were willing to pay not to have to do, because, as I say, it was surprisingly tricky to manage the memory below 640K.
Well, at least in our case, it wasn’t something that we bought. I’m pretty sure it came with our MS-DOS.