EMS/XMS memory driver needed

From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com>
Date: Tue Aug 11 07:03:22 1998

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.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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

  
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