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From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Need help on PCs ( memory, printers )
Summary: amount of memory in new machine
Message-ID: <511169@nstar.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 90 16:53:05 GMT
References: <2865@isis.UUCP>
Organization: Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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In article <2865@isis.UUCP>, dpunjabi@isis.UUCP (Dinesh Punjabi) writes:
> 
> I have recently purchased a 386/25 system via mail order. 
> The machine is supposed to contain 1 MB of main memory but when I run 
> Norton tests it just reports 640 KBytes. How do I verify that the 
> remaining memory exists in the PC and that it is being utilized by DOS ??

I would take the cover off the machine and take a peek inside to see
how much memory is in the machine.  Chances are that you have 1 meg and 
the 384K between 640 and 1024 are reserved for caching and such.

When the machine boots - how much memory is displayed on the screen?


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