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From: sauer@dell.dell.com (Charlie Sauer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Looking for i386 versions that support >16Meg memory
Summary: ISC 2.0.2 required modifications. Dell V.3 has them. V.4 supports >16MB
Keywords: i386 OS
Message-ID: <1990Nov4.002214.15553@dell.dell.com>
Date: 4 Nov 90 00:22:14 GMT
References: <728@bulus3.BMA.COM> <99@maxx.UUCP>
Organization: Dell Computer Corporation, Austin, Texas 78759-7299
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In article <99@maxx.UUCP> tyager@maxx.UUCP (Tom Yager) writes:
>In article <728@bulus3.BMA.COM>, haugen@bulus3.BMA.COM (John M. Haugen) writes:
>> I know Interactive Unix does not support more than 16 megabytes of memory.
>> Would there be other versions of Sys V based Unix that support more than
>> 16 megabytes of memory?
>> 
>> Does SCO, Everex, Intel, and the others also have this limit??
>
>I'm running an Altos System 5000 (486/EISA) with 32MB of memory. It runs an
>Altos-modified version of SCO UNIX.
>
>I find nothing in the Interactive UNIX release notes about a 16MB limit, or
>about the lifting of such a limit. I have never run ISC on more than 16MB.
>
>I would hope that EISA and MCA support would include the ability to address
>more than 16 MB.

Dell V.3 is a superset of Interactive 2.0.2.  Interactive 2.0.2 required a 
number of modifications to work with more than 16MB.  Dell V.3 and Dell V.4 have
both been tested up to 64MB with Dell 425TE and 433TE systems.
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