On 1999-04-27 18:53, Peter Allen wrote: > It is because on i386 machines the processor boots in real > mode, which is limited to the (in)famous 640Kb. (I am quite sure that) the 640 k limit is DOS, while the CPU's real-mode limit is 1 MB. /Allan -- Allan M. Wind Phone: 781.938.5272 (home) 687 Main Street, 2nd Floor Fax: 781.938.6641 (fax/modem) Woburn, MA 01801 Email: wind@freewwweb.com (home)