Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.misc:1202 comp.os.msdos.apps:1096 comp.os.msdos.programmer:3443 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!megatek!fridge!hollen From: hollen@megatek.UUCP (Dion Hollenbeck) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: EMM for 286 Message-ID: Date: 11 Feb 91 15:35:14 GMT References: <1991Feb07.171432.21409@eecs.wsu.edu> Sender: hollen@megatek.UUCP Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.misc Distribution: na Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California Lines: 24 In-reply-to: kirk@eecs.wsu.edu's message of 7 Feb 91 17:14:32 GMT In article <1991Feb07.171432.21409@eecs.wsu.edu> kirk@eecs.wsu.edu (Jim Kirk) writes: > > I have seen this but has it really been answerd? I am looking for > an EMM driver for a 286. I need to be able to put drivers above > the 640k. I know of Quarterdecks stuff put how about PD? Anybody > ever heard of such a thing? > Well, you are probably gonna be disappointed. Yes there is software abundant to do what you want, but NO, you probably do not have the correct hardware to do it. On 386 machines, hardware XMS support is built in because of the chip architecture. The only way you can get this on a 286 is by having the correct NEAT CHIPSET which supports this, or by purchasing an INTEL ABOVEBOARD or similar hardware implementation of XMS. On commercial product to recomment is TURBO-EMS, and another is QRAM (by QEMM folks). They will both relocate your drivers and TSR's up in high memory (IF YOU HAVE THE HARDWARE!!!) -- ----- Dion Hollenbeck (619) 455-5590 x2814 Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA 92121 uunet!megatek!hollen or hollen@megatek.uucp