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From: "Charles Sandmann" <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Virtual memory
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 22:34:49
Organization: Aspen Technology, Inc.
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> I think you'd need to talk to Intel too, as far as I know each processor
> has certain limitations...

Every 386 or higher CPU supports 4GB (or more) of virtual memory; some earlier
processors supported less physical memory due to not enough address lines.

The memory limitations we are talking about are all programming (Microsoft 
and/or CWSDPMI) limits, not hardware limits.

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