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From: singhal@houxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,att.sys.pc6300
Subject: Uses for Lotus/Intel Extended Memory
Message-ID: <1640@houxa.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Nov-87 10:02:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 20 10:02:12 1987
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Keywords: I have 4 meg of extended memory. What can I use it for ?
Xref: utgpu comp.sys.ibm.pc:8841 junk:6439
Summary: Request for uses of Extended Memory


Dear net-folks,

A friend of mine gave  me  a  bargain  on two  Lotus/Intel  extended  memory
boards,  and  I  could  not resist buying them. Now that I  have  4  meg  of
extended memory available, I find myself hard pressed to find uses for it. I
now realize that very few programs even know about its existence.

Currently I am using my extended memory for :

a) RAM disk (1.5 meg)
b) Disk cache (1 meg)
c) Print spooler (.5 meg)

Rest of the 1 meg is sitting around  idling  just in case some program wants
to use it as data space. Except of Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2 (which I don't use)
I know of no other program which uses extended memory for data space.

My   question   to   the   net   is   this  :   Can  anyone   suggest   more
useful/efficient/fun  ways  of  using my ocean of extended  memory  ?  Which
programs are out there  which  can  help me  get  the  most out of it ? I am
especially  interested  in  RAM  resident programs which  use  only  a  tiny
fraction of main memory and perform most of their lurking around in extended
memory. I understand that vaporware Sidekick+ will use it but who knows  how
and when !

Thanks a lot.

---Sharad Singhal