Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!agate!ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcso!hpldola!ppa From: ppa@hpldola.HP.COM (Paul P. Austgen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Can MS-Windows benefit from upgrading my AT from 512K to 1M? Message-ID: <11250101@hpldola.HP.COM> Date: 9 Oct 89 18:18:03 GMT References: <567@greek.UUCP> Organization: HP Elec. Design Div. -ColoSpgs Lines: 12 You can use the extra memory as expanded or extended. If expanded, it must be LIM 4.0 for windows to use it. If extended, you can use smartdrive or ramdrive. Note, however, that probgrams that use LIM 3.2 can still use the expanded memory if it is 3.2. For instance Microsoft Word, if invoked from windows, can still use it even though windows cannot. The memory on the add on board is not allocated from 640 K to 1 MB. If it backfills, the allocation stops at 640 K and resumes at 1 MB.