From: Dan Olson <dano@agora.rdrop.com>
To: linux-8086@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: R: [Fwd: Re: EDE - Personal Suggestions and Ideas]
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 21:19:44 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040528211342.U35665@agora.rdrop.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040527210215.92128.qmail@web51301.mail.yahoo.com>
> Most 8086-type computer don't have extended memory.
> Extended memory was only realy developed after
> protected mode made it unnecessary.
Technically, they can't have extended memory. It's the memory above the
8086/8088's 1 meg limit. They can have some memory in the 640k to 1M
range, but as this area is intended for add-in card memory it's really not
too useful for other purposes, and there's no standard place to always
find empty. Maybe you're thinking of expanded memory? That was developed
*before* protected mode made it unnecessary...when you have >1 meg address
space, there's no point. Those cards are pretty uncommon too, I would say
that there are probably more important things to spend development time on
:)
Dan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-29 4:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-27 8:17 R: [Fwd: Re: EDE - Personal Suggestions and Ideas] BODRATO Stefano
2004-05-27 21:02 ` Tommy McCabe
2004-05-29 4:19 ` Dan Olson [this message]
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