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From: jim.duffield@f646.n250.z1.fidonet.org (jim duffield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Use for 768k in 1000TX?
Message-ID: <90081322452801@masnet.uucp>
Date: 7 Aug 90 17:43:00 GMT
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 p> I recently upgraded my Tandy 1000TX to 768k. I did this to provide
 p> a true 640k base memory. 
 p> Only 32k of the just installed 128k is actually used by most (all)
 p> PC programs.
 p> 
 p> Is it possible to use the remaining 96k in a usefull manner?
 p> Disk cache, spooler, etc..?

       Actually, the memory is mainly used by your video card.  That's the 
only real use for the extended memory.  If you want some real memory to be 
used by DOS, you have to get a expensoion card and software to drive it, such 
as MicroSoft Windows Himem.Sys.  Other than that, there's no real way to use 
that memory unless you find the address of the memory and write your own 
software to re-route it into a DOS-functioning memory partition.  Hope this 
helps...

ttyl,

Jim.
 

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