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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!johnhall
- From: johnhall@microsoft.com (John Hall)
- Subject: Re: REQUIREMENTS TO RUN NT - HELP
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.224431.25788@microsoft.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 22:44:31 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1993Jan21.005125.4596@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- In article eng10056@nusunix1.nus.sg (LAU YIN CHENG) writes:
- | I am currently haveing a 486DX-33 system with 4MB memory and the system
- | is of 16-bit bus structure.
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- | Can NT run on a 16-bit bus structure?
- | Does Win32 need a 32-bit structure?
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- a 16-bit bus (ISA for Industry Standard Architecture, the IBM AT
- bus) has 16 data bits and 24 address bits. Yes, you can add memory
- to 16Mb but you may have to replace your current memory entirely
- depending upon your computer design.
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- NT runs just fine on an ISA bus.
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