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i have a 286 that i use for testing rgb monitors. i put dos 6.22 on it but it dose not find the extended memory it says unable to control A20 Line Himem not loaded.it has 2mb ram but windows will not install without extended memory how can i get windows and or dos to use extended memory (xma)driver? any help apprechiated.
Himem.sys has a /machine:xxx switch to use if problems with A20 line. Substitute either the number or the machine equivalent for the xxx part of the switch. Hope it helps.
Code Equivalent Brand 1 AT IBM PC/AT 2 PS2 IBM PS/2 3 PT1CASCADE PHOENIX CASCADE 4 HPVECTRA HPVECTRA A OR A+ 5 ATT6300PLUS ATT6300PLUS 6 ACER1100 ACER 1100 7 TOSHIBA TOSHIBA 1200XE 1600 AND 5100 8 WYSE WYSE 12.5 MHZ 286 9 TULIP TULIP SX 10 ZENITH ZENITH ZBIOS 11 AT1 IBM PC/AT 12 AT2 IBM PC/AT CSS CSS LABS 13 AT3 IBM PC/AT PHILIPS PHILIPS 14 FASTHP HP VECTRA
OOPS! I don't know how to format messages correctly. The first word after the number is the optional word; everything after describes the computer. Numbers 12 and 13 have two entries. Sorry.
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Response Number 3
Name: Munson Hinman Date: April 4, 2001 at 05:08:56 Pacific
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I used /machine:1 on my old himem.sys statement. That was equivalent to the IBM AT and any clones that usually followed it.
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