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From: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Expanded / Extended memory
Message-ID: <8729@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 19 Jun 89 14:06:23 GMT
References: <11885@netnews.upenn.edu> <106580044@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Reply-To: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix
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> The configuration that works best for Windows won't work for OS/2.  In their
> infinitly grand way of doing things, Windows uses expanded memory, OS2 uses
> extended memory.  I'm not sure why Microsoft (or IBM?) did this, but that's
> how it is.  I believe that Unix uses extended memory also.
>
I must apologize for this posting that I made.  I came down a little bit hard
on the extended/expanded memory thing because I have to listen to customers 
complain about the fact that extended memory doesn't buy them much in
Windows.  I guess it annoys me as well since I've got a PS/2 model 30/286 that
is almost impossible to set up with expanded memory (and it is impossible to
set it up the way that would work best).

I realize now, though, that extended is basically the best memory to use and
expanded was just a cludge that was necessary to get things working right on
non-protected mode machines.

-- 
"I place my faith in fools.  Self confidence, my friends call it."
					-Edgar Allen Poe

Patrick Deupree -> patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us