mark@premenos.premenos.COM (Mark Grand) (09/30/90)
In article <10850001@hp-ptp.HP.COM> marcb@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Marc Brandis) writes:
is just ignored, so that all addresses still lie in the first megabyte.
However, the 80286, 80386 and 80486 have more than 21 address lines,
and there the 21st address bit is set in this case, causing the CPU
to access memory above the first megabyte. For compatibility reasons,
all systems based on the 286, 386 and 486 include special circuitry,
that causes this address line (A20) to be zero. This "feature" can
be disabled, so that nearly 64k more memory becomes addressable in
real mode.
How does one go about enabling the A20 line?
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