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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 640kb limit on DOS?
Message-ID: <23a4d262@ralf>
Date: 13 Dec 88 08:18:42 GMT
Sender: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu
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In-Reply-To: <3534@nicmad.UUCP>

In article <3534@nicmad.UUCP>, brown@nicmad.UUCP (Vidiot (Vid-e-it)) writes:
}Even if you run Windows/386, DesqVIEW or VM/386, the DOS partition that is
}created can only run like an 8088, ie, 640K of user memory for programs.
}
}The only way to get more is to run OS/2 and applications designed for OS/2.

When I finally get a working ALL ChargeCard for my 286, I will be able to run
a 960K DOS partition (it does require that direct-video-write programs be
patched, but the software includes patches and a loader for about 150 popular
programs).

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