Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:12:18 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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	on Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:06:32 -0400)
Subject: Re: regarding dos 640kb barrier
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> It isn't DOS, it's the chip it was designed to run on.

DOS on the Z-100 had a 768k limit, so it's not just the chip.  The
main thing limiting it to 640k is that the EGA/VGA memory area on a PC
starts at 0xA0000.

Of course, this still has nothing to do with DJGPP and thus is still
off-topic here.