This books takes a hands-on approach to teaching DOS 5 memory management techniques.

Prosise tells his readers how make the following performance-enhancements: (1) load DOS 5 in the High Memory Area, (2) load TSRs and device drivers in upper memory, (3) convert extended memory to expanded memory, (4) save memory with everyday DOS 5 commands, and (5) take advantage of third-party memory managers, such as OEMM-386 and 386MAX.

The floppy disk packaged with the book contains ten DOS 5 utilities from PC Magazine: UMBFILES, OPTIMIZE, XMS2EMS, UMASCAN, CMOSSAVE, CMOSRSTR, INSTALL, REMOVE, EMSINFO, and FILEMON. ( )