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Re: WINDOWS ON 512 K M/C

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From: Marco Papa
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 08:36
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In article <89112818373529@masnet.uucp> michael.sloan@canremote.uucp (MICHAEL SLOAN) writes:
>HELP!!  I have a 386 machine made by Commodore (unfortunately).  It has 
>512K on the motherboard (Intel) and 1.5 meg above board.  I can't get 
>windows working.  The memory management programs I've tried interfere 
>with Windows.  Is there any hope for this clunker?

I have the '286 based Commodore PC CLone (PC-40 III) which comes with 640K
base RAM + 384 Extended RAM:. I have no problem running Windows/286 including
the HIMEM.SYS and SMARTDRV.SYS on extended RAM.

-- Marco


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