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- From: scott@mycro.UUCP (Scott C. Sadow)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Memory addressing in protected mode (specifically address pin A20)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan02.123332@mycro.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 12:33:32 EST
- References: <1992Dec29.193519.13638@verdix.com>
- Lines: 70
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- In article <1992Dec29.193519.13638@verdix.com>, drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson) writes:
- >I am trying to run some code on a 'bare' IBM AT board, ie no DOS. I have
- >everything working fine except for one problem: I cannot get the board
- >to recognize address bit 20. If I access memory at address 0x100000, it
- >is the same memory as at address 0x0. I am switching the board into protected
- >mode 'manually', not by using the BIOS function. Does anybody out there
- >know what I have to do to get a PC board to use bit 20 in protected mode?
- >On a PS/2, there is a configuration I/O address that you have to write to
- >to turn on gate A20 addressing. I can find no equivalent for the AT.
- >
- >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- >
- >Drew Johnson
- >drew@verdix.com
-
-
- I had the same problem. What I found is that there is a line on the
- keyboard that enables/disables A20. I started with the following file from
- Simtel:
- PD1:<MSDOS.SYSUTL>A20TEST.ZIP 4728 901222
- A20 address line enable/disable/status display
-
- From that program, I wrote a simple test program that queries, enables,
- and disables the A20 line. (I use this code to enter & exit 80386
- protected mode)
-
- Here is a uuencoded zip file with A20.ASM and A20.EXE:
-
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- Scott C. Sadow
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