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I always thought the protected mode thing "DOS4GW" needed for Doom had something to do with DOS4. Actually, I didn't "always" think that, only recently.



No, AFAIK: DOS4GW = DOS (DOS), 4G (as in lots of memory), W (Watcom).

Which reminds me of a small anecdote:

Way back when, while I was still playing GTA on DOS, I upgraded the RAM in my PC from 64Mb to 128Mb, and it stopped working. After some poking around, I found an upgrade for DOS4GW that said "now supports 128Mb of virtual memory". I got in touch, but unfortunately, it was an upgrade to the SDK -- not something that users could install. I also said to them: "Yeah, 128Mb of virtual memory; what about 128Mb of physical memory?" "Ah," came the reply, "We didn't think of that."
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-- roger