Re: MS-DOS v5.0 Release Date 11th June

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From: Michael Schuster
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1991 22:11

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In article <42913@cup.portal.com> Renee@cup.portal.com (Renee Linda Roberts) writes:
>DOS 5.0 has (of all things), a task manager similar to Windows. Also, the
>limited docs I have don't mention the filename necessary for Windows and
>DOS to function together. I will chat with MS and see what I can see,
>

WINA20.386

It has something to do with A20 gating (to access "high" memory) in
virtual 8086 mode on 386 machines.


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Subject: Re: MS-DOS v5.0 Release Date 11th June
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