Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 09:02:27 +0200
From: hdj AT dfm DOT dth DOT dk (Hans D. Jensen)
To: kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Chris Blum's driver
Reply-To: hdj AT dfm DOT dth DOT dk

   Christoph P. U. Kukulies (kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) writes:

>   a) What is this driver good for (I guess, it is some HIMEM driver or the like)?

It's a UMB (upper memory block) provider. You need HIMEM in addition
(if you want to use your extended memory). Then you can load most of
your device drivers, etc. high using DEVICEHIGH and LOADHIGH. It works
just fine on my 486, putting everything I have high: himem.sys,
mscdex, smartdrv, ...

>   b) Could it be made available for us overseas mundanes who are not capable
      of logging into Intel's BBS.?

I obtained umbdrv52.zip from my (nearest) archive site, nic.funet.fi

>   Thank you.

You're welcome.

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Hans D. Jensen                                Electrical Quantum Metrology:
Danish Institute of Fundamental Metrology        Josephson.
Lyngby, Denmark                                + Quantum Hall.
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