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From: m_hanft@msn.rmi.de (Matthias Hanft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: >re: ems support on a 386 (addendum)
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Date: 12 Sep 89 17:23:40 GMT
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--- "I don't understand it. I don't even understand
     the people who do understand it."

An addendum to my previous message:

I have 2 MB Extended Memory (above 1 MB). Up to now,
my CONFIG.SYS file included the following lines:

           DEVICE=CEMM.EXE 1216 ON
           DEVICE=CACHE.EXE 832 ON /EXT

(This converts 1216 KB of Extended Memory to LIM Expanded Memory and
installs 832 KB hard disk cache in the rest of the Extended Memory.)

Using that configuration, I had the 9600 bps problem as described
in my previous message.

Now, my CONFIG.SYS looks like this:

           DEVICE=CEMM.EXE 2048 ON
           DEVICE=CACHE.EXE 832 ON /EXP

What's the difference? All 2 MB are available as LIM Expanded Memory
now, and the 832 KB hard disk cache is just a part of it. What
happened? Interrupts are now served fast enough so that there
is no loss of incoming 9600 bps characters any more.

Since it's physically the same memory, what's the difference in
the two ways to use it?

Matthias Hanft (m_hanft@msn.rmi.de)