C. Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the informative info about above subject by several list
> members.
> As owner of an 8088 machine I wonder whether I can also use the UMB for some
> of my programs or is that only possible on 286 and higher machines?
I think you will find that you don't have any UMBs to use. Most of the 8088s
I had came with only 256k or 512k and no easy way to increase it. One DID
have 1meg and came with a driver that allowed using the upper memory for
a little ramdisk (384k). Memory managers that map different areas require
a 386 or higher. I never tried any of the later versions of DOS on an 8088
to see it they could load high. They wouldn't be able to use the HMA tho
because I think you need an A20 switch for that.
>
> Computers are like air conditioners, they are useless when you open
> Windows.
I love that !
- Clarence Verge
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