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Windows98 memory address

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by metallica

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I have come to understand that windows 98 can only see 128 mb of memory.Does anyone know the memory address for Win 98 and se

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by ebstar

Where did you hear that? I'venever heard of Window 98 not using more than 128Mb or RAM. I have 256 in my 98SE machine and it uses it all and then some page file if it has to...
I don't understand how it can't see more than 128.

by metallica

here are some of the things i have been reading about it: 128 seems to be the sweet spot for Win9x. It doesn't use memory above 128 effectively. If you have more than 128, 9x will start paging (to the swap file) before it has used most of the RAM. Win NT/2000 is a lot better at memory management and can use >128 MB much more effectively.
512 MB is the absolute limit for Win9x. Just in case you wanted to know :) http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q253/9/12.ASP

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