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From: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Fun with 386SX BUGS
Message-ID: <25E98894.8924@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 26 Feb 90 19:50:44 GMT
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Reply-To: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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In article <995@fiver.UUCP> palowoda@fiver.UUCP (Bob Palowoda) writes:
$ I tried the win86 and it works fine. So does my old 286 version of 
$windows. But I bought the 386 version so I could take advantage of
$the 386 memory management converting expanded memory to ems allowing
$windows to use it. I also tried running the software on a real 386 

   Expanded memory _is_ EMS!!!!!  If all you want to do is convert
exTENded memory to exPANded, there are _much_ better ways to do it
than to buy Windows!  There are several products available (such as
QEMM.SYS from Quarterdeck, and even recent versions of DOS have a
reportedly poor extended-expanded converter for 386 machines) that
will perform this task for you.
-- 
Stephen M. Dunn                               cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
          <std_disclaimer.h> = "\nI'm only an undergraduate!!!\n";
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