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|    Paul Edwards to T. Ment    |
|    Re: PDOS/86    |
|    19 Jul 23 05:40:14    |
      From: mutazilah@gmail.com              On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 8:34:56 PM UTC+8, T. Ment wrote:              > > BTW, what are your requirements again?       > > Is there a reason to arbitrarily use 640k instead of e.g. 2 MB?        > > And is there a reason to be attracted to 16-bit instead of 32-bit?              > The early IBM PC era lasted about 10 years, concurrent with the BBS era.        > A hobby can be whatever interests you.        >        > Why not.              That 10 year era included both the 80286 and 80386.              But neither of them interest you?              BFN. Paul.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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