Most people who grew up with MS-DOS on 16-bit 8086 and 80286 CPUs learned about the 640K limit and accepted it -- but you may be surprised to know that 640K isn't the actual limit. In this video, I explain why the 640K limit is a myth, and how you can break past it using a variety of methods that don't require EMM386 or an 80386 CPU.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Benefits
01:43 The IBM PC Memory Map
02:48 The orthodox procedure
04:09 What are Upper Memory Blocks?
04:53 Orthodox procedure continued
06:46 An Unorthodox procedure
09:34 Q&A
11:31 DOScember
Hardware and software mentioned in this video:
Lo-tech 1MB RAM card: [ Ссылка ]
PCjr jrIDE sidecar: [ Ссылка ]
All the software mentioned in this video is available via anonymous FTP: [ Ссылка ]
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Thanks to winworldpc for supplying some software, and to Mike Brutman for boot sector patch ideas.
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