Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!csun!cacsc222%mx From: cacsc222%mx@csun.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: extended vs. expanded Message-ID: <1735@csun.edu> Date: 1 Dec 88 06:25:17 GMT References: <1717I78BC@CUNYVM> <1090@esunix.UUCP> <1970@hoqax.UUCP> <19330@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Sender: news@csun.edu Reply-To: cacsc222@mx.csun.edu (Scott "The Pseudo-Hacker" Neugroschl) Distribution: na Organization: California State University, Northridge Lines: 11 A couple years ago, Jerry Pournelle (I know, he is not THE authority) came up with a good way to keep things straight... Extended implies long and thin -- thus the memory from 1M to 16M Expanded implies wide -- thus the (up to 32M) that is paged into the 8086 1M address space. "Disclaimer? We don't need no stinking disclaimers!!!!!" Scott Neugroschl ...!sm.uinisys.com!csun!mx!cacsc222