Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: Paul Gaske
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 02:46

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jamesm@morinda.it.ntu.edu.au (James McArthur) writes:

>G'Day Upen, you wrote:
>: I think windows was created to provide a good gui
>
>No, it was created so that memory manufacturers could find a way to use
>32Mb simms..

Can Windows ( 3.x and < ) actually access more than 16Mb of RAM?
I thought it couldn't.

> \____   // /  .  // / jamesm@it.ntu.edu.au  /  /\____   // /  .  / 

Paul.

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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: 25 Oct 1995 12:46:08 +1000
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