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From: goer@sophist.uucp (Richard Goerwitz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: total memory
Keywords: total memory
Message-ID: <8111@tank.uchicago.edu>
Date: 17 Mar 90 07:34:58 GMT
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In article <2@grumbly.UUCP> root@grumbly.UUCP (Superuser) writes:
>I have 8 megs of main memory on my SCO Unix 3.2.1 system.  When it comes up
>it reports total memory as 7808 k instead of 8192 k.  Where is the missing
>384 k?

Hint:  Subtract your 384 k from 1024 k (the total amount of memory
addressable by an 8088/6 chip), and presto, you get the answer 640
(the amount of user memory accessible via standard PC architecture).
That "upper" 384 k is used by all PC's and their descendents for
various things like the system BIOS, video memory, etc.

   -Richard L. Goerwitz              goer%sophist@uchicago.bitnet
   goer@sophist.uchicago.edu         rutgers!oddjob!gide!sophist!goer