20 Nov
2007
20 Nov
'07
2:38 a.m.
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, woodelf wrote:
MICROS~1 was inconsistent. FDISK used 2 ^ 20 for MB, but other modules
didn't. FORMAT calls the 1.4M diskette "1.44", indicating that it used
(2 ^ 10) * (10 *3)
"Kilo" to be defined as 1024 than 1000 (2^10) etc.
It still is.
> Most operating systems I've used tend to agree.... Other than windows ... it is 640K OS.
Windoze 3.10 required that there be some HIMEM.SYS RAM (80286, above 1M)
Windoze 95 required a 80386SX or above.
Windoze 98 would not install unless there was a math FPU.
Windoze XP can not run in the 16M max of an 80386SX
What does "Vista" require?
Note: The college that I work at was named "Vista College" for ~30 years.
Last year, when MICROS~1 announced Windoze Vista, the college changed its
name, to "Berkeley City College".