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From: RAH@IBM.COM ("Russell A. Heise")
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Quick help PLEASE. PS/2 memory boards for AIX 1.1/1.2
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Date: 12 Jul 90 15:29:08 GMT
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  hh2@prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS) writes:

  > I'm running AIX 1.1 (soon to be 1.2) on a Model 70 with 2 MB RAM. I need
 more
  > RAM. I'm about to buy an 8MB memory board. The board is made by 'Monolythic'
  > It is EMS 4.0 compatible. This is all I know at this point.
  >
  > Does anyone know if AIX will recognize this board?
  No, AIX PS/2 only recognizes what the DOS world knows as "base" (the bottom
  640K) memory and "extended" (everything from 1M to 16M) memory.  AIX PS/2
  does not provide the necessary support for the hardware which would
  implement EMS ("expanded").

 Russ Heise, AIX Technical Support, IBM
 rah@ibm.com