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VK2TV > DOS 25.05.09 23:45l 36 Lines 1043 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: What is EMM386.SYS?
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VK6BE wrote:-
> From : VK6BE
> To : DOS@WW
> Type/status : B$
> Date/time : 25-May 18:55
> BID (MID) : DA0003VK6BE
> Message # : 320461
> Title : Re: What is EMM386.SYS?
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> Are you joking? Try 1 gB and you are getting close! I have not seen a
> computer which had only 16 mB since my kids were in school! They are on
> their 40s now.
> Bob VK6BE.
>
>
> > How much random-access memory (RAM) do you have in your PC? Eight
> megabytes? Sixteen megabytes? More?
Bob,
Don't forget he's talking about a 386 running DOS. RAM was VERY expensive
back then and installed RAM under 4MB was common. I paid $100 for 4MB of
RAM for my first 386 - a 386SX25. I bought that computer new and it cost
around $2200 with VGA monitor and DOS 5.0. My greyscale 486SX33 laptop
cost $2500 in 1993. It had Win 3.1 - wow!
I ran a 2 port packet switch under JNOS with a 10MHz 286 and 1MB RAM. I
can't forget the huge HDD in that machine - 20MB.
Cheers ... Ray vk2tv
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