jdmce@ecsvax.UUCP (Duncan McEwen) (10/30/87)
I posted the following item a few weeks ago at a time when our system was having some trouble with news. I'm not sure it got more than a local distribution and since I haven't had any replies, here it is again. In PC magazine, April, 1984, a computer wizard by the name of David McManigal published a brief article documenting a method for inserting a 55 byte memory checking program in the boot record of DOS 1,2 and 2.1. This little program allows users with archaic 8088 machines to have the full complement of 640 k. in memory but set the system memory switches to 64k. thus bypassing the lengthy power-on memory diagnostics. I've enjoyed the method under DOS 2.1, but since upgrading my DOS, I haven't had any success playing with 3.2's boot record. Is there anyone out there who can help me? For those interested in the technique with DOS 2.1, please refer to McManigal's article. I have never had any program incompatibilities using his method of four years of computing. --Duncan McEwen, Raleigh. usenet: ...!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!jdmce bitnet: jdmce@ecsvax
farber@udel.UUCP (10/31/87)
I know in the Phoenix Bios for the 386, if you hit a key during memory testing it aborts it ============================================================= David J. Farber University of Delaware Dept of EE Newark De 19716 Office: 302-451-1163; Arpanet/CSNet: farber@udel.edu