Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!davidsen From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Extended Memory (and 80286) Message-ID: <10429@steinmetz.ge.com> Date: 14 Apr 88 17:18:44 GMT References: <4710@bcsaic.UUCP> <6853@j.cc.purdue.edu> <1119@maccs.UUCP> <943@ima.ISC.COM> <4704@teddy.UUCP> Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Distribution: na Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 13 Keywords: ps2 model 30 In article <4704@teddy.UUCP> jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) writes: | >Confused? Wait until someone tries to explain how this fits with OS/2. | | Actually, that's pretty easy. OS/2 uses protected mode, and extended memory. | OS/2 doesn't (cannot?) use expanded memory at all. Sorry, folks. Yes, all the people who bought expanded memory are going to get the shaft yet again. I say again, note how fast the software uses new LIM standards which may not be supported by your hardware. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me