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From: burkett@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Edward W Burkett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: NEAT chips fiddling (was Re: Why is DOS limited to 640K? / extra RAM
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Date: 14 Nov 89 13:33:37 GMT
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In article <700@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM> michaelk@copper.WR.TEK.COM (Michael D. Kersenbrock) writes:
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>>Yes, it is possible to fiddle the NEAT chip set to make it hand the
>>memory back. DOS would still have to be told to use it. If you can't find
>>the program (or if no one has written it), I can whip it up real quick.
>>This is useful only if you have on a 286 or a 386 *not* running QEMM.
>
>There's a program "EEMRAM" available archived as "eemram21.arc" that 
>will use LIM 4.0 expanded memory to add memory past 640K.  It's not
>a TSR, it just fills in memory past 640K, tells DOS about it, and exits.
>

The only problem most people have with expanded memory is that it must
be "True" LIM 4.0.  Most expanded memory cards are not hardware LIM 4.0
compatable but rather LIM 3.2 cards that have a LIM 4.0 driver.  I have one
of these cards, tried EEMRAM and the card is not capable of addressing the
correct BIOS address.  I have talked with many EMS card owners and this is a
common problem.  True hardware compatable LIM 4.0 cards tend to be much more
expensive than LIM 3.2 cards with a LIM 4.0 driver.

Just a note for those of you about to run out and by an inexpensive EMS card.

Ed Burkett
University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Department of Biological Sciences