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From: mitsolid@acf5.NYU.EDU (Thanasis Mitsolides)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Unexpandable megas
Message-ID: <370006@acf5.NYU.EDU>
Date: 20 Dec 89 17:22:00 GMT
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>/* acf5:comp.sys.atari.st / danscott@atari.UUCP (Dan Scott) /  7:17 pm  Dec 18, 1989 */
>in article <25126@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com says:
>>  
>> Consider that the *cheapest* IBM clone board comes *socketed* for easy memory
>> expansion to the maximum RAM the system can utilize...
>
>Of course even on a 80286 computer w/ say 10Megs of RAM MS-DOS still sees
>only 640K (we tested one under windows once for memory use)...

Why do people assume that PCs are DOS-ONLY-FOR-EVER-AND-EVER systems?
One can run UNIX and X11 any time of the day. 
 (and call DOS in a window, if necessary).
Ever heard of DOS Extenders?

A 386SX motherboard (20Mhz) that costs $311 comes with sockets for 8Mb.
 (and 6 expantion slots :-)

Thanasis