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Q): High Memory Area (HMA) is not available, how to fix it?

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Dong-Chan Kim

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Jun 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/24/98
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Hello,
I try to install win95 on my laptop and it says
HAM is not available evenif I have installed 32Mb of memory.
Can anyone tell me how to fix it?
Thanks,

DongChan

don langbein

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Jun 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/29/98
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Dong-Chan Kim (k...@gump.ipac.caltech.edu) wrote:
: Hello,

: DongChan

This may not be new information to you, but: the term High
Memory Area in PC usage refers to the area between 640K and
1 Meg. It has nothing to do, at least directly, with the
amount of memory installed, provided you've got at least one
meg.

Does your machine work, but you are curious about this message,
or are you having problems getting you machine to work?

Don Langbein

Les Feinstein

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Jun 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/30/98
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On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:30:35 GMT, lang...@world.std.com (don
langbein) wrote:

>This may not be new information to you, but: the term High
>Memory Area in PC usage refers to the area between 640K and
>1 Meg. It has nothing to do, at least directly, with the
>amount of memory installed, provided you've got at least one
>meg.

I may be wrong about this (I'm sure someone will correct me if I am),
but I believe the High Memory Area (HMA) refers to the first 64 KB of
memory above 1 Meg. The memory between 640 k and 1 M is called upper
memory.
--
Les Feinstein <lfein...@eazy.net>

Yvan Loranger

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Jun 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/30/98
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don langbein (lang...@world.std.com) writes:


> Dong-Chan Kim (k...@gump.ipac.caltech.edu) wrote:
> : I try to install win95 on my laptop and it says
> : HAM is not available evenif I have installed 32Mb of memory.
> : Can anyone tell me how to fix it?
>

> This may not be new information to you, but: the term High
> Memory Area in PC usage refers to the area between 640K and
> 1 Meg. It has nothing to do, at least directly, with the
> amount of memory installed, provided you've got at least one
> meg.

> Does your machine work, but you are curious about this message,
> or are you having problems getting you machine to work?

Not to feel bad; everyone has (or still does) confused high memory, upper
memory, expanded memory, extended mem. It's one of the joys of ms-dos!
Actuallemente, HMA is first 64K beyond 1024K, adressable by dos via the
A20 line. One of program HIMEM.SYS's jobs is to permit access to this
area. So make sure himem.sys is being installed.

--
Merci.......................Yvan Make something idiot-proof, &
Internet: bq...@freenet.carleton.ca someone will invent a better idiot!

don langbein

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Jun 30, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/30/98
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Les Feinstein (les@*eazy.net) wrote:
: On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:30:35 GMT, lang...@world.std.com (don
: langbein) wrote:

: >This may not be new information to you, but: the term High


: >Memory Area in PC usage refers to the area between 640K and
: >1 Meg. It has nothing to do, at least directly, with the
: >amount of memory installed, provided you've got at least one
: >meg.

: I may be wrong about this (I'm sure someone will correct me if I am),


: but I believe the High Memory Area (HMA) refers to the first 64 KB of
: memory above 1 Meg. The memory between 640 k and 1 M is called upper
: memory.
: --
: Les Feinstein <lfein...@eazy.net>

Yes, you are right. Thanks for correcting me. (I misread something
in a book that I have.)

After all this I wonder how Dong Change is doing with his computer.

Don Langbein

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