http://blog.softlayer.com/2008/640k-should-be-enough-for-everybody/ A Behind the Scenes Look at the Best Hosting Provider in the World Mon, 20 May 2013 22:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blog.softlayer.com/2008/640k-should-be-enough-for-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-37678 Spectrum Holobyte Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:25:52 +0000 http://theinnerlayer.softlayer.com/2008/640k-should-be-enough-for-everybody/#comment-37678 A slight correction -- The 640k limit was not a design limitation of MS DOS, but rather a reaction to a limitation of the Intel 8088 processor. The 8088 could address only 1 MB of RAM. Because the OS needed space for itself and any drivers (then called TSR's or Terminate and Stay Resident programs), Microsoft made a decision to split the address space into 640 kb of conventional memory and 384 kb of extended memory. A slight correction — The 640k limit was not a design limitation of MS DOS, but rather a reaction to a limitation of the Intel 8088 processor. The 8088 could address only 1 MB of RAM. Because the OS needed space for itself and any drivers (then called TSR’s or Terminate and Stay Resident programs), Microsoft made a decision to split the address space into 640 kb of conventional memory and 384 kb of extended memory.

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