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From: jan1073@isc.rit.edu (J.A. Nedelka )
Subject: Re: OS/2 uses expanded memory?
Message-ID: <1991May7.193252.14346@isc.rit.edu>
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
References: <91126.144853G22QC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Tue, 7 May 91 19:32:52 GMT

In article <91126.144853G22QC@CUNYVM.BITNET> G22QC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
>I am planning to use OS/2, but I have to upgrade my 1 meg RAM to
>4 meg RAM.  It is kind of expensive for me.  So I want to ask
>if OS/2 would use expanded memory?  I want to use expanded memory
>instead of extanded memory because I don't have to spend too
>much memory.  The expanded memory that I am talking about is the
>one that uses hard disk space.  Thanks in advance.
>
>
>Eddie Wu
Eddie,

OS/2 will only use extended memory.  The Expanded memory that is on your
disk is created by a device driver that will not run under OS/2.  4MB is
not really necessary for 1.3, but it sure is nice.

Good Luck,
Bob Pierce (Writing on Jan's account, Thanks Jan!)

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The Fourth Doctor         /         ---Ursula, the Sea Witch
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