P.O.S.T. issue (was: Looking for Someone with IBM PC (fwd)

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sun Mar 18 10:47:50 2001

  I believe the original PC checked EVERY memory location and the later
machines checked every 10th(?) memory location.

    Joe


At 02:26 PM 3/15/01 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 11:19:36AM -0800, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)
(cisin_at_xenosoft.com) wrote:
>> Sorry, slipped up on my question. should read:
>> Just one remaining issue: does anyone know why the P.O.S.T. takes longer
>> WITH 16K (14 seconds) than it does with 64K (9 seconds)??
>>
>> Why would MORE memory take LESS time?
>
>More memory at the same speed, or more, faster memory?
>
> -Rich
>
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