> > There is also the following (i don't think it was mentioned before
> > in this thread):
> >    card with 8Mo of ram (who the hell have such hw ? :))
> 
> I've got 40 of them :(
> 
> All of our desktops have integrated Intel ( i845g ) chips, and the BIOS
> has the option of stealing either 1MB or 8MB of system ram. It's hard to
> know whether to laugh or cry ...

they don't count, the driver dynamically allocate main RAM into the 
aperture in this case :-)

the initial BIOS allocation is just for text mode to get up and going, and 
VGA type things.

Dave.

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