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From: sechzer@zodiac.rutgers.edu (S. L. Sechzer, Economics, Rutgers U)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: V86 mode in 386 machines
Message-ID: <228@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
Date: 24 Oct 89 21:11:10 GMT
References: <8910231849.AA21907@euler.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Rutgers University - CCIS
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In article <8910231849.AA21907@euler.Berkeley.EDU>, ndeng@EULER.BERKELEY.EDU writes:
> 
> There currently several packages can utilize the V86 mode of 386. 
> (MS/Windows, DESQView, etc.) However, I found none of them can give
> a user a full 640KB (or at least 600KB) in the virtual 86 mode.
> 
> Is there any environment which may give a full 640K for DOS applications?
> or this is an impossible thing? (I am not familiar with 386MAX or VMOS)
> Does anyone have any experience on it?
> 
> ndeng@euler.berkeley.edu


VM/386 for IGC lets you configure even more than 640 K in the current version.
Selig L. Sechzer