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Article #5879Re: Future of PC-DOS ??
From: David Chinn
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1986 17:29
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1986 17:29
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> Note: this will all become obsolete when Windows take over the world and/or
> when DOS can address >640K, but I thought it might prove interesting in the
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As I understand it, DOS itself can address >640k, it is the
way IBM mapped out the memory that imposes the 640k RAM
limitation.
... uw-beaver david m chinn
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