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From: Isaac_K_Rabinovitch@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Expanded memory fron extended memory?
Message-ID: <2399@cup.portal.com>
Date: 12 Jan 88 01:07:31 GMT
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hoff@hp-sdd.HP.COM (Tom Hoff) writes:

->I know I've heard it before.  What I need
->is a device driver to turn 80286 extended memory in to LIM EMS memory.  I'm
->sure I've seen it availiable before somewhere, but where?

Infoworld did some heavy-duty work on extended/expanded  memory about a month
ago.  You'll want to look it up for yourself, but I dimly recall a couple of
points are of general interest to netters:

* A lot of drivers like what you want are available, most of them written
  by people who manufacture extended memory boards.

* Emulating Expanded Memory in software is *slow*.

Isaac Rabinovitch
Disclaimer:  Just because I think you're wrong, doesn't
             mean I don't think you're a fun person!
:-)