12MB bug not bug after all

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From: Bruce Samuelson
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:27

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Recently I asked whether Win 3.1 has a bug limiting it to using 12MB
of RAM memory. I received one private response firmly denying that
such a bug exists. I then did the following test (which I should have
thought of doing before posting my question).

Set up swap file of zero megabytes, turn off SmartDrive, turn off
IdleWild, start up Windows, and measure how much free memory is
available using help, about program manager. I get 14453KB, which is
reasonable for my 16MB machine. I assume the difference is taken up by
Windows on top of DOS, by Program Manager, and by some device drivers
and TSRs I didn't bother to eliminate.

Conclusion: This was a false alarm. Win 3.1 isn't limited to 12MB of
RAM, at least on my hardware or that of the person responding to my
question.
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* Bruce Samuelson	Department of Linguistics	 *
* bruce@ling.uta.edu	University of Texas at Arlington *
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