From: joemonk64@gmail.com   
      
   > Let's say NEC had produced an 8086+ with 5-bit segment shifts,   
   > on a newer chip with more address pins available.   
   >   
   > Would MSDOS have run perfectly fine, with a new limit of 2 MB   
   > instead of 1 MB?   
   >   
      
   You still dont get it.   
      
   MSDOS never sees a linear memory address. MSDOS sees SEGMENT:ADDRESS only.   
      
   So, as long as that addressing scheme can be translated by the processor to a   
   linear address, then yes it wouldve worked with 2MB.   
      
   Joe   
      
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