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From: sdawalt@valhalla.wright.edu (Shane Dawalt)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Re: How wrong is MS-DOS?
Message-ID: <1991Jan11.022545.10253@cs.wright.edu>
Date: 11 Jan 91 02:25:45 GMT
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From article <14900021@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>, by muyanja@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (bill muyanja):
>> ... I cheerfully admit that DOS completely fails to handle more than 1MB of
>> RAM.  It's not perfect.
>    
> Not so! Windows 3.0, a *DOS* product, can allocate a 64MB glob of memory in
> 386-enhanced mode.
> 
  But Windows is a DOS *product* and is not DOS.  Note there are many 286
machines "out there" too, so it is not a 386-only issue.  My machine is
a 286 beast and I would enjoy having 16 Megs of RAM with 32Megs swap.
(Oh yes, swapping would be a pain, but it could be done if one thinks a
bit.) Until I find a money tree (or rich uncle), my 286 will have to do.

  Shane();

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