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From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: expanded/extended memory continued
Message-ID: <4690010@pollux.svale.hp.com>
Date: 30 Jan 91 22:59:16 GMT
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>  So what is the best choice EMS with its timeconsuming paging,
>XMS with switching back and forth from protected mode?.
>Anybody got advice.
>                                 Jerry Freedman,Jr

Since you have a 386, XMS SHOULD be faster BUT "One test is worth
a thousand opinions." Write some test programs and measure the
performance. If you use a large enough sample run, the system
clock should have enough resolution to give accurate results
and the timing overhead should be minimal.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
	     HP CPCD   dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com