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Article #41686Re: Questions concerning disk spoolers, H.D. backup, PCTools, EMS on X
From: Anthony M. Parson, Jr.
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1990 20:00
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1990 20:00
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Re: expanded memory on an XT. I have been useing 1 meg expanded on an XT turbo clone with good success. I have the Intel AboveBoard 286. Why the "286" variety, you ask? Well, it won't always be in an 8 bit machine. the Intel board will work in 8088 or 80286 systems. In 8088, you can only use it for expanded, or backfilling conventional. In a 80286 , you can use it for expanded, extended, or backfilling. Other boards have these capabilities as well Re: spoolers. Some programs, Wordperfect 5.1, among them, have a spooler as part of the program; yes, it works fine. ---------------------------------------- | STANDARD DISCLAIMER: | | "... on the other hand, some very | UUCP: akcs.amparsonjr@vpnet.uucp | knowledgable people may justifiably | | disagree with my comments, in whole | C-serve: 73336,1667 | or in part ... " | ---------------------------------------- Note to Intel: send me a math coprocessor for an 80386 25mhz system, and I will leave all kinds of good and happy result messages about ALL of your
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!mcdphx!mcdchg!ddsw1!ddsw1!vpnet!akcs.amparsonjr From: akcs.amparsonjr@vpnet.UUCP (Anthony M. Parson, Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Questions concerning disk spoolers, H.D. backup, PCTools, EMS on X Keywords: PCTools, Norton, EMS, hard drive backup, disk spoolers Message-ID: <25c868e3:4487.3comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@vpnet.UUCP> Date: 1 Feb 90 20:00:09 GMT References: <4750@voder.nsc.com> <25BF3EE2.27982@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Lines: 22