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Article #42230Re: 4 gigs in Real Mode
From: Dr Yeung-Cho Ip
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1990 12:09
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1990 12:09
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In article <1990Feb5.153408.15670@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> kemp@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Stuart R. Kemp) writes:
>
>If anyone gets the A20 addressing line problem solved post it to
>comp.sys.ibm.pc and send me some mail.
>
Now here is a small program written in TURBO C, which toggels
the state of the A20 bit every time it is called. I can't
test it with Koenigs program, since I don't have a 386 box.
I hope it meets
your needs. If you want to set A20 to a constant value, you
only have to change the line before the last one in main().
( put_dat((ea^0x02) | 0xD1); /* toggel a20 bit */)
( ^ )
( | )
( This is the bit value of the a20 bit )
Hope that helps
Michael Franzen, c/o yip@ztivax.uucp, Siemens AG, Munich
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#include <dos.h>
#define COMMAND 0x64
#define STATUS 0x64
#define DATA 0x60
put_com(c)
unsigned char c;
{
if (inportb(STATUS)&0x1) inportb(DATA); /* Datenport loeschen */
do ;
while(inportb(STATUS)&0x3);
outportb(COMMAND, c);
}
put_dat(d)
unsigned char d;
{
do ;
while(inportb(STATUS)&0x2);
outportb(DATA, d);
}
unsigned char get_dat()
{
while(!(inportb(STATUS)&0x1));
return(inportb(DATA));
}
main()
{
unsigned char ea;
disable();
put_com(0xD0); /* Read EA Port */
ea = get_dat();
put_com(0xD1); /* Write EA Port */
put_dat((ea^0x02) | 0xD1); /* toggel a20 bit */
enable();
}
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!uunet!mcsun!unido!ztivax!yip From: yip@ztivax.UUCP (Dr Yeung-Cho Ip) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 4 gigs in Real Mode Summary: Program for toggeling A20 Keywords: A20 Message-ID: <896@ztivax.UUCP> Date: 12 Feb 90 12:09:55 GMT References: <1990Feb5.153408.15670@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> Reply-To: yip@ztivax.UUCP (Dr Yeung-Cho Ip) Organization: Siemens AG in Munich, W-Germany Lines: 62