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From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 08:15:53 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
To: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
cc: Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>,
OpenDOS Mailing List <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: RE: [opendos] First impressions, Win95+GRUB (fwd)
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On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:

> > I can't get the *alleged* 640k either. *YET*.  How does one load
> > stuff *ABOVE* the 1M point anyway?  
> It's possible thanks to DPMS. The specification allows device drivers to run 
> from within the XMS memory without leaving PM at any time. I think it should 
> be the future of OpenDOS drivers.

So, basically we cant load anything > 1M *YET*? I was under the
assumption (based on other peoples comments) that we could load
anything above 1M.


Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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