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From: jcwasik@PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Dumn Question: what is ega.sys?
Message-ID: <9005@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Date: 7 Jun 91 15:58:36 GMT
References: <1991Jun4.210335.20502@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Reply-To: jcwasik@PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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In article nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu) writes:
>I've got a Trident 8900 card and the new hirez 256 color beta drivers.
>During installation, setup insists that i need to load ega.sys.
>I've experimented a little between loading it and not loading it, but
>haven't seen much difference.
>The startup screen looks like this:
>EGA Device Driver Version 2.10.18

Is it possible that this is loading a copy of a ROM driver into RAM?  This
wouldn't be all that unusual.  Normally, such "Shadow RAM" should allow
your graphical applications to run faster.  In reality, many graphical
applications already do this on their own (e.g. Windows).

Unfortunately, I am not an expert, so corrections are welcomed.

-- 
Joe Wasik, Pac*Bell, 2600 Camino Ramon, Rm 4E750V, San Ramon, CA (415)823-2422
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