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From: smlg1015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Expanded Memory Problem
Message-ID: <46500166@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 22 Oct 90 04:42:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!smlg1015    Oct 21 23:42:00 1990


I am trying to get extended memory to be emulated as expanded memory
on a Northgate 386 system.  I add a 
line in the config.sys file:

		device=c:\dos\emm386.sys 256

which (1.) Makes 256K of the extended memory look like expanded memory
      (2.) Steals 384K from system memory
      (3.) Starts making characters disappear from the screen


I don't understand why (2.) would occur.  (3.)  probably occurs
because the emm386 driver and the VGA driver  are overlapping in
memory, but I don't know how to correct the problem.


Can somebody explain  what's going on?   I'm sure that (3.) has
a simple solution.


Thanks, 

Stuart Lichtenthal
smlg1015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu