On 09/07/2015 07:41 AM, Michal Kubecek wrote:
I thought that term went out with DOS and Windows 3.x. A 32 bit CPU
can directly address 4 GB and more with PAE. You thought wrong... see e.g. http://lwn.net/Articles/75174/ Of course, it means something different than in old DOS.
I remember when the Lotus, Intel & Microsoft (LIM) boards came out, to provide memory mapping beyond what the 8088/8086 could handle. I also worked with Data General Eclipse computers and the memory mapping boards they used. Of course, when the i386 computers appeared, we got to have "fun" with HIMEM.SYS and expanded & extended memory. There were even bank switching memory cards for the S-100 bus computers, such as my IMSAI 8080. Ahhh... Those were the days. ;-) Also, my first experience with virtual memory was with the VAX 11/780. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org