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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Vidiot (Vid-e-it))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 640kb limit on DOS?
Message-ID: <3544@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 88 02:33:25 GMT
References: <8043@ihlpl.ATT.COM> <213400017@s.cs.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Vidiot (Vid-e-it))
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In article <213400017@s.cs.uiuc.edu> carroll@s.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
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</* Written  9:24 am  Dec 12, 1988 by brown@nicmad.UUCP in s.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.ibm.pc */
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<The only way to get more is to run OS/2 and applications designed for OS/2.
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<What about UNIX? You can run that on a '286 (AT) or a '386, although the '386
<versions work a lot better.

The original poster asked about DOS programs.  Yes, UNIX, preferrably 386 type,
can run UNIX stuff in all kinds of memory.  But, if you open up a DOS partition
in UNIX, that partition still will only give 640K for the application, minus
DOS overhead.
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