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In article <1990Feb11.191736.7917@agate.berkeley.edu>, ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu writes:
> How many of the 386/AT motherboards out there are able to assign the
> top 384K of the first 1M as exTENded memory?
> 
> This question was discussed a while ago in this news group, but I don't
> remember seeing a definite answer.
> 
> I know the DTK/386 20Mhz motherboard (with a DTK BIOS) can do it.
> However, I haven't seen any other motherboards used by low-end clone
> makers that claim this capability.  If you believe the sales people in
> the stores I went, once you disable the ROM shadowing in their machines
> those memory locations (the top 384K) are lost.
> 
> Why is the DTK machine different? Motherboard, BIOS, memory
> configuration?


    I have a nameless clone 286 motherboard that is able to assign the memory
above the 640k as extended.  The only problem is that when I put my 4Meg EMS
board in, this memory is lost.  Instead of reporting 5 Meg of memory, my system
reports 4+640k (whatever that turns out to be.)

    Anyway, this was off the topic, but I wanted to let you know that other 
generic boards will use the 384 as extended.

    brady...
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