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From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Raymond Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Extended memory determination
Keywords: Extended memory
Message-ID: <555@philmtl.philips.ca>
Date: 2 Jun 89 13:13:11 GMT
References: <630@hatter.Tops.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: ray@philmtl.UUCP (Raymond Dunn)
Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. -  St. Laurent  P.Q., Canada
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In article <630@hatter.Tops.Sun.COM> rdas@hatter.Tops.Sun.COM (Robin Das) writes:
>Does anyone know how to determine how much extended memory is available on
>a 286 or 386 processor?

RTFM

BIOS call INT 15 with AH = 88h returns carry set if error, else number of 1K
blocks above 1Meg as stored in the CMOS and checked by the BIOS during Power
On Self Test.

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