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From: dlow@pollux.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Re: S.I. and "expanded or extended" on 386SX
Message-ID: <5870016@pollux.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Jan 91 16:59:03 GMT
References: <1991Jan3.190411.1190@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Organization: HP Lovecraft Division
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>(ONG ENG TENG) 
>As for "expanded or extended", what I mean to ask was whether
>should I configure it as expanded (as it is an option in NEAT chipset) or
>use the QEMM.SYS on the regular extended (after I have configured it
>that way).  In both cases, I want to use the memory as only
>expanded memory (and expanded memory only, no need for extended).  The
>question is whether the QEMM.SYS on extended is faster or the
>NEAT chipset configured "hardware" expanded memory is faster?

The EMS standard requires a EMS driver as well as EMS memory. Does your
system come with an EMS driver? If not then go with QEMM.SYS.
That not only "convert" XMS to EMS but also functions as the EMS
driver.

			   Danny Low
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	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
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