pre2306@cuphub.cup.edu (03/28/90)
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? J. E. Preston Jr.
lbr@holos0.uucp (Len Reed) (03/30/90)
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.
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