Re: Memory addressing problem on PC-1

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From: Clayton Cramer
Date: Tue, 06 May 1986 18:29

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> I have and older IBM PC with a 64K motherboard.  I have added more memory
> with a multifunction card but I can only address 544K.  The switch settings
> for 640K don't work (and weren't documented in my original Operations
> Guide).   Does anyone know a way around this?  
> 
> -- 
> Jim Moseman @ CONCURRENT Computer Corporation, Tinton Falls, N.J.
> ...!vax135!petsd!jjm

I also have an antique PC-1.  You need to replace the ROM BIOS on the
motherboard.  IBM sells it on an exchange basis for $50.  This also makes
it capable of booting from a hard disk directly.

Clayton E. Cramer

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Subject: Re: Memory addressing problem on PC-1
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