Q78657: Acer /M:1100 Switch Only for 1-MB Acer Machines

Article: Q78657
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
Operating System(s): 
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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According to Acer, the /MACHINE:6 or ACER1100 switch described on page 611 of
the version 5.0 "Microsoft MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference" should only be
used for an Acer 1100/16 computer with 1 MB of RAM (384K of extended memory).
These computers, which can only contain 384K of extended memory on the
motherboard, are now discontinued.

All Acer 1100 computers with 2 MB or more of RAM should use HIMEM A20 handler #1.

MORE INFORMATION
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For more information, contact Acer technical support.

The Acer products included here are manufactured by a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products'
performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20 hardware 3rdparty

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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