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Article #226Re: Windows Question......
From: Len Reed
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 1990 16:05
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 1990 16:05
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In article <5485@cuphub.cup.edu> pre2306@cuphub.cup.edu writes: = I've been pondering upgrading! I have my eye on a 12.5 mhz AT/286. =I'm going to be running DOS 4.01 with Windows. Now, I've heard that DOS =cannot use memory beyond 640K, but does that mean that since Windows works =as a DOS overlay that it also cannot use this extra memory? If you're going to be running windows on a new machine, you should buy a 386 SX and run Windows 386. That product uses the virtual 8086 mechanisms on the processor, allowing for a far better implementation. Various athorities, e.g., PC Magazine, claim that no one should buy anything less than a 386 SX. Well, I'm not sure I believe that for the penny pinching low-end DOS user. But if you're basing your system on Windows, your really painting yourself into a corner with a 286. -- Len Reed Holos Software, Inc. Voice: (404) 496-1358 UUCP: ...!gatech!holos0!lbr
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!mephisto!gatech!dcatla!holos0!lbr From: lbr@holos0.uucp (Len Reed) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: Windows Question...... Message-ID: <1990Mar29.160534.788@holos0.uucp> Date: 29 Mar 90 16:05:34 GMT References: <5485@cuphub.cup.edu> Reply-To: lbr@holos0.UUCP (Len Reed) Organization: Holos Software, Inc., Atlanta, GA Lines: 20