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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- From: chris@chrism.demon.co.uk (Chris Marriott)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!chrism.demon.co.uk!chris
- Subject: Re: REQUIREMENTS TO RUN NT - HELP
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- References: <1993Jan22.224431.25788@microsoft.com>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:50:02 +0000
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- In article <1993Jan22.224431.25788@microsoft.com> johnhall@microsoft.com writes:
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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.
- >|
- >| Can NT run on a 16-bit bus structure?
- >| Does Win32 need a 32-bit structure?
- >
- >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.
- >
-
- All that means is that you can't address memory above 16MB on the ISA bus.
- Most (all?) modern ISA motherboards let you have >16MB RAM on the board,
- rather than the bus. My own fairly elderly 486/33, for example, lets you
- have 32MB on the motherboard; my friend's 486/50 lets you go to 64MB, etc.
-
- Best wishes,
-
- Chris
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