Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!mailrus!ukma!simon From: simon@ms.uky.edu (Simon Gales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 640kb limit on DOS? Keywords: PS-2/50 DOS Message-ID: <10687@s.ms.uky.edu> Date: 11 Dec 88 04:48:29 GMT References: <8043@ihlpl.ATT.COM> <3521@nicmad.UUCP> <593@tapa.UUCP> Reply-To: simon@ms.uky.edu (Simon Gales) Distribution: na Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences Lines: 13 In article <593@tapa.UUCP> larry@tapa.UUCP (Larry Pajakowski) writes: >You can cheat on the 640k barrier with a 386 or an All Charge Card. > ... With a 386 box, running DOS 3.x, how does one cheat on the 640k limit. Yes the box has bios shadow ram and exteded memory, but how exactly can a 386 help you break DOS's 640k limit? -- /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ Simon Gales@University of Ky UUCP: {rutgers, uunet}!ukma!simon Arpa: simon@ms.uky.edu MaBell: 263-2285/257-3597 BitNet: simon@UKMA.BITNET