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From: tmurphy%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Thomas Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Extended memory
Message-ID: <1991Apr5.212751.21513@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 6 Apr 91 04:27:51 GMT
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In article <1991Apr5.211351.4335@bnlux1.bnl.gov> kushmer@bnlux1.bnl.gov (christopher kushmerick) writes:
>My IBM AT has a few Mb of extended ram. It is recognized by the 
>virtual disk driver.
>
>Given this, does it necessarily follow that this ram will be recognized
>by an ems driver, and therefore usefull for such things as ems overlays 
>in turbo pascal etcetera?
>
>Thanks,
>
>-- 
>Chris Kushmerick                               


No it doesn't.  In most AT's you have 1 meg installed of which the
part above 640 can be used as extended but not ems.  You may get
around this with a NEAT set computer but I am not sure....memory
though above the 1 meg barrier can be used as expanded or extended.

murph