To: Mr. Jeeves
With DOS, 640K really was enough for anybody.
Unless you ran Autocad or some REALLY big Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets.
Also, on the 8086, drivers often wound up eating into main memory. TSR programs like Sidekick used even more.
11 posted on
02/11/2021 6:37:49 AM PST by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Dr. Sivana
OMG, Sidekick!
I had forgotten about that.
15 posted on
02/11/2021 6:40:46 AM PST by
sevlex
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