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- From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers)
- Subject: Re: 286 EMS emulator needed
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.150634.29946@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates
- References: <92341.214159BBKG0007@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca> <SKNKWRKS.92Dec9101855@howlin.cs.unlv.edu> <1992Dec10.005633.20469@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:06:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec10.005633.20469@midway.uchicago.edu> oze3@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >In article <SKNKWRKS.92Dec9101855@howlin.cs.unlv.edu> sknkwrks@howlin.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter) speaks the cold truth:
- ...
- >>emulate EMS on a 286 will get you nowhere. You need either (1) a 286
- >>that provides 4.0 EMS capability in hardware (like mine--C&T SCAT),
- >>(2) an EMS memory card (probably hard to come by), or (3) a 386SX or
- >>better processor.
- ...
- >Acculogic sells at least one version of a memory expansion card,
- >the RAMpAT/16 which will provide up to 16M of hardware supported
- >LIM4.0 EMS memory. I got mine from JDR Microdevices and it works just
- >fine. So, now I've got 5M in my little ol' 286.
-
- There is also the Sota Pop board and the All Chargecard, but the
- question is, "At what cost?" These board cost $200 - $300. For the
- same money, you could just buy a 386SX motherboard and be done with it.
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- - pynq@quads.uchicago.edu, who is still costing the net
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