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In <C14K28.Cus@ecf.toronto.edu>, AL RASHID SHAHIR writes:
[icky sticky goo]
> I think the whole point of the original post was that IBM still had the built
> int 640K trap. Now that this problem has been improved, problems have been
> solved. BUT, this is still NOT the case with 286's!! Even using the OS/2
> flat memory model, the computer still has a memory trap! So it's always through
> a driver that you get to use the memory, which isn't true on the Atari.
> Even on the BASE 520ST, you get to use a large amount of memory with NO
> problem, while a 286 (or less) with a large amount of memory has very few
> applications which can actually use the memory (they also have the added
> indignaty of never being supported - not being the case in Atari where most
> programs are tailor made for all systems only limited in terms of how much 
> memory you have on.) THERE! (*whew*) B^D  <---- In a mellow mood today!

OS/2 2.0 does not run on obsolete computers (ie, '286).  The only memory
"trap" is that on an ISA machine, with a bus-mastering card (ex, good
SCSI controller), you're "limited" to 16M of RAM.  2M more than the
Falcon can take.

If you don't have a bus mastering card (most PC owners don't), you can
stick in as much RAM as you want.

OS/2 1.x limited you to 16M of RAM because it ran on the '286.  By
dropping '286 support (how many people have '286s?  How many of those
don't know they could buy a '386 motherboard for ~$150?), OS/2 2.x
limits the system to 512M.  That's right, 512M is the limit...
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Chris Herborth
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