[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] More than 640K on a 286--can't I do it on my AT&T 6300 Plus?

Horne-Scott@cs.yale.edu (Scott Horne) (06/16/89)

In article <470004@hplsla.HP.COM>, davidr@hplsla (David M. Reed) writes:
>
> I am probably wrong, but my understanding is that this cannot be done with a
> 286 chip as it is because it lack Memory Management such as is built into the
> 386 chip.

I'm pretty sure that I can run memory up to 1M on the motherboard of my
AT&T 6300 Plus, which is a 286.

This discussion has reminded me to look into it.  Anyone know 1)
whether I can do this; and if so, 2) what kinds of chips should I get
(speed, &c)?  (It has 512K now.)

Advance thanks.

					--Scott

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