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- From: joe@proto.com (Joe Huffman)
- Subject: Re: How do I get a the memory above 1M ?
- Organization: Prototronics @ Sandpoint, Idaho
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 04:34:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.043416.10449@proto.com>
- References: <152k6uINNak0@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <40096@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk>
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- kc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Kenneth Cameron) writes:
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- >Whats the cleanest way to get at the memory above the 1Meg mark,given the
- >following conditions ?
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- DOS extenders are definitely the cleanest way to do this.
-
- >The application has to run under MS-DOS, on a 486dx. In other words it
- >has to be in real mode most of the time.
-
- MS-DOS, on a 486dx, does not mean real mode is required 'most of the time'.
-
- >I'm working with Borland C++ 3.1.
- >I don't want to use a DOS extender like Phar Laps.
-
- Could you elaborate? Pharlap and Rational Systems both make a very nice
- '286 extender. They make accessing extended memory so easy that I don't
- think I can give them enough praise. The only drawback that I know of is
- the price...
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