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Article #10420Re: 286 EMS emulator needed
From: Jeremy Mathers
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:06
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:06
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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. ************************************************************************ "The rich are different from you and me." - Fitzgerald - "Yes. They have more money." - Hemmingway - - pynq@quads.uchicago.edu, who is still costing the net hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars, every time he posts - ************************************************************************
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pmafire!news.dell.com!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!uchinews!quads!pynq From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers) Subject: Re: 286 EMS emulator needed Message-ID: <1992Dec18.150634.29946@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates References: <92341.214159BBKG0007@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca> <SKNKWRKS.92Dec9101855@howlin.cs.unlv.edu> <1992Dec10.005633.20469@midway.uchicago.edu> Distribution: na Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:06:34 GMT Lines: 26