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noitemtoshow 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: 8086 Segmented Memory was a good idea

Nope. It was bad. It made computers in the 286/386 eras having RAM above 1MB sitting there and doing nothing. It took years to transit to DOS/4G and then finally 32bit OS Windows 95.

chasil 3 months ago [–]

Ah, memories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanded_memory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_memory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension

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