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DPMS

DOS Protected Mode Services, a set of 286/386 extended DOS memory management services to allow slightly modified drivers and applications to relocate and run in extended memory.


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MSCDEX

It has more flexible load-high capabilities, also allowing to relocate and run in protected mode through DPMS on 286 and higher processors, thereby leaving only a 7 KB stub in conventional or upper memory (in comparison to MSCDEX, which occupies some 16 KB).


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