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On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote:

"Replying above an email because the curser is there is like
 shitting in your pants because your ass is there when you
 need to go to the toilet."

> BUT, don't the motherboards also have to support this? And isn't
> it only supported through some wierd segmentation thing?

Yes, the mainboard needs to support the memory.

No, there is no weird segmentation thing, at least
not visible from software.

regards,

Rik
--
Executive summary of a recent Microsoft press release:
   "we are concerned about the GNU General Public License (GPL)"


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