Hi james, Thanks for grabbing that one ! I was going to say that ! Also Wasn't Qemm produced to overcome the 640K barrier because the DOS one was so poor ?
On Wednesday 18 January 2006 17:14, James Button wrote: > Re: > So why wasn't the 86 capable of accessing 1Mb ram > > It was. > > There was(is) a 640Kb limit in the DOS/Windows 3 'native addressing' > structure/management mode > same sort of thing as the current limit on usable memory within XP of > 3Mb and 4Gb > > Any memory above that limit had to be addressed as extended memory, > using additional 'drivers' > so originally it was used for ramdisk, > then as 'highmem' for holding some modules > Then utilities such as Sidekick > Then used by some modules of office type packages > etc. > > JimB > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hugh Gundersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: Brief History of IBM PCs (WAS RE: Mobo caps - again!) > > > <<Hack>> > > >As far as I remember the 80186 was produced as an embeded processor > > and was an 8086 in a square package and not a DIL package. > > So why wasn't the 86 capable of accessing 1Mb ram > <<Hack>> > > > Sir Hugh of Bognor -- Best Regards: Derrick. Pontefract Linux Users Group. plug at play-net.co.uk -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
