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From: calhoun@usaos.UUCP (SSG W.D. 'Cal' Calhoun)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Yet more questions/problems with Interactive UNIX
Summary: Memory magic
Message-ID: <280@usaos.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 90 03:08:13 GMT
References: <821@digi.lonestar.org> <1990Jul27.175511.10713@virtech.uucp>
Organization: The U.S. Army Ordnance School at Fort Belvoir, VA
Lines: 27

In article <1990Jul27.175511.10713@virtech.uucp>, cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
* In article <821@digi.lonestar.org> kcantrel@digi.lonestar.org (Keith Cantrell) writes:
* *
* *  2) In my system I have 4 meg of memory, but when I boot up I get the
* *     following message:  (The numbers are correct, I am not exactly sure
* *     what the verbiage said) 
* *
* *Real memory 3801088
* 
* What you have is 3MB + 640k which should equal 3801088.
* 
* The stuff in 640K-1MB is for devices (like you video card).
* 

Interesting, on my system, 3MB + 640k = Real memory: 4063232

/etc/default/boot reads: 0-640K:0,1M-16M:0
nothing special has been done to increase 'visible' memory.
configuration includes WD1007WAH HD controller and 512k VGA board.

? where did the extra 256k come from?

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