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From: altitude@css.itd.umich.edu (Alex Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: What's with the 640K thing?
Date: 12 Jul 1993 19:19:22 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan - ITD Consulting and Support
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Hi.  Why is there a 640K limit on the kernel????  I thought that was only 
a dos thing?

Thanx...alex...

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Alex Tang -- ALTITUDE@UMICH.EDU...USERW00Y@UMICHUM.BITNET
             U of M, SNRE: Student and Computer Consultant II
             ITD/CSS Consultant and...General Fun Loving Guy :)