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- From: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
- Subject: Re: Why does HIMEM.SYS not work with some keyboard chips?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.091759.4300@nntp.hut.fi>
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- Reply-To: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
- References: <1992Sep4.023741.3497@leela.cs.orst.edu>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:17:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep4.023741.3497@leela.cs.orst.edu> youngqd@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Dean Youngquist) writes:
- >My keyboard stopped responding after I installed HIMEM.SYS today. After
- >some fussing and fretting I determined that this only happened with
- >AWARD keyboard BIOS 1.5. I changed to another keyboard BIOS chip and
- >the problem was solved. BTW it was on a Hyundai 286. How could an other-
- >wise working keyboard chip stop working because of HIMEM.SYS ? Has anyone
- >else had this problem ?
- >
-
- Read the article in August 1992 Byte, page 293, 'A20 poltergeist'.
- It seems that the keyboard interface chip on the motherboard is
- what guards the A20 address line, which himem.sys uses.
- Wierd, but true.
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