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From: jwg@duke.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: MS Windows Questions:  Extra memory and documentation.
Message-ID: <7894@duke.duke.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 13-Jul-86 21:07:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: duke.7894
Posted: Sun Jul 13 21:07:05 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jul-86 19:30:22 EDT
Organization: The Divinity School, Duke University
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Keywords: Windows,Expanded/extended memory

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The Humanities Computing Project at Duke has just purchased the 
MS Windows Development System, and I am now vacilating between 
sheer admiration of the nifty programs included with Windows and 
sheer panic over the documentation (or lack thereof) regarding 
technical aspects of Windows and DOS.  I would welcome any words 
of wisdom and warning from other Windows users (via mail please), 
but am especially plagued with three questions. 

1.  Extended/expanded memory

We purchased a 2MB Rampage memory board to give Windows plenty of 
RAM.   Unfortunately Windows seems to recognize neither extended 
memory, expanded memory, nor any combination of the two.  I have 
found nothing in the development system documentation that covers 
the issue of memory > 640K.  How do I make Windows look for the 
extra memory?

2.  Documentation

I acknowledge that I am presumptious to ask this question, having 
spent only about a day in the manuals.  Nonetheless, my first 
instinct was to look for technical details on how Windows works 
with DOS and the hardware (memory, peripherals, etc).  I have 
found no such discussion.  Are my questions answered in bits and 
pieces throughout the manuals?  Have I overlooked something?  Is 
there another document that deals with these issues?  Am I simply 
a spoiled hacker asking questions I ought not?  I would like to 
continue about the documentation, but will wait until my opinions 
reflect more experience.

Peace,

Jeffrey William Gillette                uucp:    duke!phs!lisa
Duke University                         bitnet:  DYBBUK at TUCCVM



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