curtiss@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Brent A. Curtiss) (10/16/90)
Could some hardware guru help me out with this one? I have an X/T clone with a 12Mhz 8088 and 1 Meg on the board. Unfortunately, I can only use 640K of that memory. I haven't been able to figure out how to configure the rest of the memory as Expanded or Extended memory so that it can be used by Windows 3.0 (which runs fine on an X/T by the way.) Would buying a "above-board" type card help in this case? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Brent Curtiss INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH COMPUTER CENTER The Ohio State University CURTISS@HPUXA.IRCC.OHIO-STATE.EDU
simon@hpspwr.enet.dec.com (Curiosier and curiosier...) (10/16/90)
In article <5732@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu>, curtiss@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Brent A. Curtiss) writes... >Could some hardware guru help me out with this one? > >I have an X/T clone with a 12Mhz 8088 and 1 Meg on the >board. Unfortunately, I can only use 640K of that memory. > >Would buying a "above-board" type card help in this case? I cannot comment on the use of your motherboard memory -- it is board specific. However, you can buy a generic expanded memory board for an XT for $80 to $100 plus memory from many mail order places. The one I had (when my XT was alive) allowed to configure it either as all expanded or all extended or as a combination of conventional (to complete to 640K if you didn't have it) and extended. The board came with an expanded memory driver. --------- Leo Simon simon@pwrvax.enet.dec.com Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain. -- W. Churchill