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		bell-cot 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More than two hard disks in DOS For those too young to remember that "unsatisfying way" of breaking the 1MB limit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanded_memory#Expanded_Memor... (And IIR, Bill Gates had plenty of company in denouncing EMS while announcing official support for it.)

rwmj 9 days ago [–]

I was actually thinking of the A20 line, but LIM EMS was another unsatisfying way! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A20_line

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