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From: oppenhei@umd5.umd.edu (Richard Oppenheimer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Utilizing expanded and extended memory in 386 enhanced mode
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Date: 11 Aug 90 13:29:08 GMT
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Reply-To: oppenhei@umd5.umd.edu (Richard Oppenheimer)
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Windows 3.0 really wants to see extended memory if at all possible. Extended
memory is really just conventional memory on 286 and 386 machines. The only
distinction is that when the machine is run in real mode its address space is
cut down to 1M. Windows 3.0 standard and 386 enhanced modes are protected mode
applications so they look at all the memory in the machine. Expanded memory
was a trick that was devised for DOS and PCs. You should convert all your
memory to extended if possible. Also use the drivers that windows installs
instead of the ones that come with your Above Board. They will be atomatically
installed during setup. If you have DOS apps that want to use either extended
or expanded memory and you are running in 386 mode, Windows will provide it
for them automatically.

I run all my DOS software from Windows an no longer have to worry about
various EMM emulators. The only occasional inconvience is that I have to run
high res. graphics programs full screen, but all text and cga based stuff runs
in a resizable window. And they get all the memory they need.


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