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From: stoppani@slough.enet.dec.com (Pete Stoppani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Caches and Extended Memory
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Date: 9 Mar 90 18:38:04 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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My understanding is that memory above 1Meg (except for the first
64k above 1Meg) is accessible only when a 268/386/486 is in protected mode.
How does a hard disk cache driver use extended memory on a system running
MS-DOS?  Does it switch to protected mode?  Do the machines run in
protected mode all the time?  Neither seems right...What am I missing?
 
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