Extended Memory Question

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From: gil
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 1990 14:49

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I've been reading the Extended Memory Specification from Microsoft (I
think) and have a question regarding the A20 line.

I understand that this is a CPU address line and have seen the
functions to manipulate it. How would one make use of it in an
application?

	Gil

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From: gil@jtsv16.UUCP (gil)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Extended Memory Question
Keywords: XMS, Microsoft, A20-line
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Date: 28 Mar 90 14:49:29 GMT
Organization: Tech Noir Inc., Toronto, Canada
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