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Article #7255Re: expanded/extended memory continued
From: Danny Low
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 1991 22:59
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 1991 22:59
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> So what is the best choice EMS with its timeconsuming paging,
>XMS with switching back and forth from protected mode?.
>Anybody got advice.
> Jerry Freedman,Jr
Since you have a 386, XMS SHOULD be faster BUT "One test is worth
a thousand opinions." Write some test programs and measure the
performance. If you use a large enough sample run, the system
clock should have enough resolution to give accurate results
and the timing overhead should be minimal.
Danny Low
"Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
HP CPCD dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhc!pollux!dlow From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: expanded/extended memory continued Message-ID: <4690010@pollux.svale.hp.com> Date: 30 Jan 91 22:59:16 GMT References: <1991Jan30.134507.22000@linus.mitre.org> Organization: HP Lovecraft Division Lines: 15