On 10 Aug 98 at 17:27, Russ Blakeman wrote:
Marvin wrote:
Russ Blakeman wrote:
Someone I know has just acquired a motherboard, XT type aftermarket,
with 768k onboard ram. I'm fairly sure the system is going to need a
special driver to access the memory over DOS's 640k. Anyone have such
an
animal and can attach it to email or know of a commercial program that
will handle the job?
Quarterdeck used to offer a program called QRAM (IIRC) that would allow
more than the 640K Ram to be used. I know it would work with 286
computers, but don't know about XTs.
We'll try anythig until he gets it right. At one time this stuff was so
commonplace that even after years with it I forget what and where.
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Russ Blakeman
Has he actually powered up this beast yet ? I had an XT from
Phillips that had 768k onboard that I passed on to a friend and I
don't remember it having any sort of memory manager. IIRC the first
time I used it with DOS 3.2 floppies, I was amazed as the mem counter
went up to 640 and just kept going. I imagined it was some trick they
did in bios.
If his doesn't use the full ram, I'll double check with my friend in case I
missed something. I've also got several 286 mem managers someplace here
but I doubt if they will work with an XT.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com