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From: hoff@hp-sdd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Question: expanded memory on 386
Message-ID: <935@hp-sdd.HP.COM>
Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 19:57:26 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 31 19:57:26 1987
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Reply-To: hoff@hp-sdd.UUCP (Tom Hoff)
Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego
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>> My Lotus 1-2-3 thinks there is 400K-odd memory available to it,
>> despite my Compaq Deskpro having come with a 2M memory expansion.

>you use a DOS extender you can't have programs running above
>the 1Meg address boundry untill OS/2 comes out.  And ...

I've heard rumors of LIM EMM drivers that emulate expanded memory with extended
memory for 286 and 386 machines.  I think I've also heard of one that lets you
use your hard disk as expanded memory.  Names dont currently come to mind, but
perhaps someone on the net can comment on this further.

--Tom

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     Tom Hoff (...!hplabs!hp-sdd!hoff)
	"Dammit Jim, I'm a programmer not a spokesman!"