4M expanded memory cards

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Fri Mar 21 12:33:00 2003

On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> > What was the point of the ISA memory addon boards, people running
> > windows/286 and OS/2 1.x/2.x?
>
> Yes, that and productivity apps that needed more space than 640K
> (spreadsheets, CAD packages, etc.) plus games. There were plenty of DOS
> games that needed more than ~500K.

I have a system for which I once bought an EMS memory board to assist when
SMARTDRV first came out. I loaded my extra-large cache into EMS and it
made my slow disk scream. It rocked.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Fri Mar 21 2003 - 12:33:00 GMT