896k.txt [Newest]
High-end EGA and VGA cards utilized the A segment for their frame buffers, making the 704K/896K mod incompatible with modern (for the time) graphics.
were "reserved," they were not always fully occupied by hardware. 2.1 The A Segment (704K Expansion) The most common expansion involved the A segment ( A0000cap A 0000 AFFFFcap A cap F cap F cap F cap F 896K.txt
The 896K.txt methodology relies on the fact that while the memory segments A000hcap A 000 h FFFFhcap F cap F cap F cap F h High-end EGA and VGA cards utilized the A