Hi Brenton

 > NP>someone can inform me as HOW I can get to use this 980k.

 > I assume you would like to get UMB type memory so that you can load
 > drivers et-al into "upper" memory, hence leaving as much as possible
 > of the 640k free. Is that correct ?

You've got it in one.

 > If so, your options are limited and depend greatly on the chipset
 > your board is based on.

 It'a a ZENITH DATA SYSTEMS ZW-0200-02 laptop.  I ain't stripped it to
check on the chipset ( and really don't want to unless is absolutely
essential).


 > With a 386 or higher CPU, memory managers
 > such as EMM386.EXE can use the paging features of the CPU to make
 > memory above 1024k "appear" at addresses between 640k and 1024k.

 I'm familiar with the 386 and paging.

 > As the 80286 doesn't have the same capabilities, it don't work.
 > However, there are some 80286 chipsets which will allow ROM between
 > 640k and 1024k [ A000-FFFF ] to be shadowed.  With a few tricks, it
 > is possible to use this feature to provide "upper" memory.

 Must look at it's memory with a memory mapper and see what IS in there.

 > Quarterdeck had a program a few years ago called QRAM which did this
 > and there is another Shareware program called The Last Byte which does
 > the same thing.

 Duly noted to my filing system.

 > Your only other option would be to allocate the memory to Disk Cache
 > using Smartdrv or a ram drive using ramdrive by Mickey$oft.

That was my first thoughts, but both  SMARTDRV & RAMDRIVE.SYS complain
that "No XMS memory manager installed"  and that is where my
knowledge ran out.

Never having used 286's I didn't know if one existed for a 286.

Thanks for the reply.
Between yours and others advice I must be able to get somewhere.

Kind regards
Niels Petersen

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