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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 17:31:43 -0400
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> It's pointless to argue about such ridiculous examples, because this
> is a non-existent configuration: the smallest hard drive ever
> produced, even for the XT, was 10MB large.

Z-100s had a 5Mb hard drive.  That's why I mentioned it.  They predate
the XT.

> And I doubt if you could find a 386 or better machine with only
> 640KB even if you tried very hard: they usually start at 4MB.

You'd think so, but *my* 386 that I *created* djgpp on only had 2Mb.
Why do you think I needed an extender with virtual memory?

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