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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: **** 5 ***** megs with NEAT / AMI ?
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Date: 26 Jul 90 19:19:32 GMT
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I would like to clarify my posting on this. The NEAT chipset
allows a system with 1024K to use 384K as either shadow RAM or
extended memory. Systems with more than 1024K can only use the
384K as shadow RAM or disable it completely. The 384K is NOT
available as extended memory, where extended memory is the
technical term for memory above 1 meg and not the general meaning
of "extra".

The original question was "can you use it for programs"? The
answer is in many parts because there are so many types of
programs. You can not use it for programs that use extended
memory such as MS Windows 3.0. You can use it for BIOS code
as shadow RAM and with certain software including but not
limited to Quarterdeck's QRAM and RYBS's product (whose name
I forget) you can also load device drivers and buffers
etc in the shadow RAM area.

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