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From: oxalis@ccb.ucsf.edu (Michael Sintchak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: expanded memory, different BIOS
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Date: 4 May 89 15:17:15 GMT
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Reply-To: oxalis@ccb.ucsf.edu (Michael Sintchak)
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   Does anyone have experience using a DTK 286 motherboard (AT clone)
with an expanded memory board (Rampage AT)?  I've gotten the memory
board to back-fill the 512k on my motherboard up to 640k, but I'd
really like to have only 256k on my motherboard and have the memory
board back-fill the rest (for Desqview purposes).  It seems I can't
have only 256k on my motherboard, the machine won't boot.  I was under
the impression AT's could work on only 256k main memory.

   This leads me to my next question: does anyone have experience
using a BIOS other than DTK's in one of their motherboards?  I've
experienced excellent compatibility in the past, but once in a while I
have to use non-standard program set-ups to get things to run.  Will a
"better" BIOS (e.g., Phoenix or AMI) give me better (i.e., perfect)
compatibility?  More importantly, will another BIOS even work :-)

-- mike.


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Mike Sintchak (oxalis@ccb.ucsf.edu)
Dept. of Pharm. Chem. - UC San Francisco
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