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Article #111Re: How do I get a the memory above 1M ?
From: Joe Huffman
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 04:34
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 04:34
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kc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Kenneth Cameron) writes: >Whats the cleanest way to get at the memory above the 1Meg mark,given the >following conditions ? 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... -- netcom!proto!joe joe@proto.com
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Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!csus.edu!netcomsv!proto!joe 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> Lines: 23