earl@trsvax.UUCP (05/23/89)
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Could somebody tell me if MicroSoft Windows 286 on an AT can make
direct use of any AT extended or LIM expaned memory.
Thanks in advance.
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Samuel Lam {alberta,watmath,uw-beaver,cs.ubc.ca}!ubc-cs!van-bc!skl
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I personally use Windows/286 version 2.1 at home on my machine.
Microsoft includes with Windows a program called SMARTDRV.SYS. This
program permits you to use "extended memory" as a cache for Windows.
Microsoft also provides programs for using some LIM spec boards setup
to run as "expanded memory". I am using a AST Rampage 286 board setup
as expanded memory myself. They also have a program called HIMEM.SYS
that lets you use an extra 64k of extended memory with the main 640k
or RAM below one meg.
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