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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Shadow RAM with UNIX
Keywords: Shadow-RAM, BIOS, Memory
Message-ID: <1332@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jul 90 20:41:42 GMT
References: <1239@ixos.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <1239@ixos.UUCP> micha@ixos () writes:

| This is only useful for operating systems wich are using the BIOS
| like MS-DOS. Under UNIX *all* BIOS is disabled. All activities are
| made by device drivers. The amount of memory, normally 256 or 384K
| is *lost*, so Shadow-RAM with UNIX is useless.

  Sorry, in geeneral that's not correct. The ROMs are *unused* rather
than *disabled*. While the 386 can do this there's no need.
-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
    sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
    moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list
"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me