mark@motcsd.UUCP (Mark Jeghers) (10/04/89)
I have MS-Windows running on an AT clone with 512K of memory. I plan to upgrade the memory to at least 640K. But I am also considering just going to 1024K (1M) and using the extra memory for other purposes (e.g. ramdisk, cache, etc.). From reading the Windows manuals, it is unclear whether or not I can utilize this "above-640" block of memory with SMARTDrive. I am not sure if this memory is considered to be "expanded" or "extended" or neither. Nor am I sure what other ramdisk offerings are available that will use this memory. Can someone please explain to me the implementations of having ram in the adress space between 640K and 1024K? Are there not other things like video, etc, mapped into this address space? Please enlighten me! Thanks in advance for pointers/tips/etc. -- Mark Jeghers 408-578-9145 [h] "So begins our dreamtime, Motorola Computer Systems 408-864-2629 [w] they hunt him like the dinosaur, ...hplabs!hpda!\ we the pure, they the savage innocent, ....uunet!apple!motcsd!greek!mark how we crush our existance after all..."
caa@garnet.ssd.cdc.com (Charles A. Anderson) (10/05/89)
mark@motcsd.UUCP (Mark Jeghers) writes: |I have MS-Windows running on an AT clone with 512K of memory. I plan to |upgrade the memory to at least 640K. But I am also considering just |going to 1024K (1M) and using the extra memory for other purposes (e.g. |ramdisk, cache, etc.). Windows will most definately benefit from as much ram as you can give it. (It's a memory pig.) Also try not to run any TSRs when running windows. |if this memory is considered to be "expanded" or "extended" or neither. Unless things have changed markedly from when I was programming in windows, windows wants expanded memory LIM 4.0. |Thanks in advance for pointers/tips/etc. |-- |Mark Jeghers 408-578-9145 [h] "So begins our dreamtime, |Motorola Computer Systems 408-864-2629 [w] they hunt him like the dinosaur, |...hplabs!hpda!\ we the pure, they the savage innocent, |....uunet!apple!motcsd!greek!mark how we crush our existance after all..." --- Charles Anderson | caa@garnet.ssd.cdc.com \ Disclaimer: I said what? ----------------/ caa@midgard.mn.org \ But CDC didn't. I woke up this morning and it was nice out, so I left it out. -- Charles Anderson | caa@garnet.ssd.cdc.com \ Disclaimer: I said what? ----------------/ caa@midgard.mn.org \ But CDC didn't. I woke up this morning and it was nice out, so I left it out.