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From: noelroy@kean.ucs.mun.ca (Noel Roy, Economics Dept., Memorial University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: SMARTDRV and HighRAM
Message-ID: <71628@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
Date: 21 Mar 90 20:12:05 GMT
References: <2606b522-2621comp.ibmpc@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
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In article <2606b522-2621comp.ibmpc@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Andrew Rossmann) writes:
>   Has anyone had any experience in loading DOS 4's SMARTDRV.SYS into the
> High RAM area made available by QEMM? Is it better to run SMARTDRV using
> extended memory, or use expanded memory under QEMM? (I know extended tends
> to be faster, plus I don't do any high-speed serial port reading.)
> 
>   Andrew Rossmann
>   andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM
I have been running SMARTDRV.SYS in high RAM using QEMM without 
problems.

My tests indicated that loading SMARTDRV into extended memory directly 
was significantly faster than loading it into QEMM's emulated expanded 
memory.  I forget the details, but the difference was something along 
the lines of 8 vs. 11 seconds.

Dr. Noel Roy  				bitnet:   NOELROY@MUN
Department of Economics			internet: noelroy@kean.ucs.mun.ca	
Memorial University of Newfoundland	cdnnet:   noelroy@kean.mun.cdn
St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5S7 Canada