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Use all RAM in MS-DOS

How can I access more than regular and extended memory?

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The XMS specification version 3.0 allows access to up to 4 GB. See Wikipedia article .

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MS-DOS is a 16-bit operating system that limits its inherent ability to handle large amounts of memory. I believe that the limit for address memory is 16 megabytes in protected mode, using extended memory (processors 80286 and higher).

See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_Limit

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