Making QuickBasic 1.1 use less memory
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:21 pm
Turns out that when I move my whole DOS setup from a DOSBOX environment to a real DOS machine, I run out of memory pretty quick, especially when it comes to the original QuickBasic.
So anyways, I fire up QuickBasic 1.1 for MS-DOS 6.22 and I simply execute the SHELL instruction. then in the DOS shell, I execute this command:
then I find entries for QuickBasic (as QBASIC), so I execute:
And I got blown by the amount of memory that QuickBasic 1.1 used just to allow me to start a DOS shell. On my system, the amount of conventional memory reported to be used by QuickBasic was 286,672 (280K). That's almost half the entire conventional memory for a DOS system.
Is there a way I can execute QuickBasic where it uses much less memory while being able to execute commands?
So anyways, I fire up QuickBasic 1.1 for MS-DOS 6.22 and I simply execute the SHELL instruction. then in the DOS shell, I execute this command:
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mem /d/p
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mem /m
Is there a way I can execute QuickBasic where it uses much less memory while being able to execute commands?