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From: mechjgh@tness7.UUCP (Greg Hackney )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 386 bios/memory allocation
Message-ID: <1660@tness7.UUCP>
Date: 7 May 88 15:05:46 GMT
Organization: Southwestern Bell, Network Engineering, Dallas
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I could use some advice on a 386 PC question...

Mine has a Phoenix brand bios chip. When it boots up,
the system reserves 384K of memory for optionally
downloading bios and ega (via DOS software) into ram
for greater speed.

I wnat to use that 384K for MicroPort Unix. Is there a
way to do it? Is the allocation done by the bios chip,
and can it be defeated by another bios chip, or is
it system dependent. BTW, it is a Suntek-386, which
probably nobody ever heard of.

Thanks in advance.

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Greg Hackney
mechjgh@tness7.UUCP
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