For those too young to remember that "unsatisfying way" of breaking the 1MB limit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanded_memory#Expanded_Memory_Specification_

For those too young to remember that "unsatisfying way" of breaking the 1MB limit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanded_memory#Expanded_Memory_Specification_(EMS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanded_memory#Expanded_Memor... (And IIR, Bill Gates had plenty of company in denouncing EMS while announcing official support for it.)