Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!chinet!patrickd
From: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows Crash with expanded memory addition
Message-ID: <8635@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 5 Jun 89 13:42:48 GMT
References: <1036@dinl.mmc.UUCP>
Reply-To: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix
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In article <1036@dinl.mmc.UUCP> schwartz@dinl.uucp (Michael Schwartz) writes:
>
>The only question remaining is "what is the difference between an
>AboveBoard 286 and an AboveBoard Plus", the latter being all that is
>marketed by Intel today.
>
There's a difference that is really kind of small, but actually very big.

In the world of EMS there are large frame and small frame EMS.  Large frame
EMS is usually called 4.0 and the standard was set by Intel.  Unfortunatly they
made a little boo boo and, even though the AboveBoard 286 uses LIM4.0, it
doesn't support large frame EMS.  So, they fixed this little error with the
AboveBoard Plus (luckily all it involved was replacing one chip, so they were
able to use all the old AboveBoard 286's).  Since there is no reason to get
a small frame board if a large frame one is available, the 286 board was
phased out.

We're getting one of the Plus's in here soon to give it a shot with our 
product.  Should be interesting.

-- 
"I place my faith in fools.  Self confidence, my friends call it."
					-Edgar Allen Poe

Patrick Deupree -> patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us