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		yeokm1 on Dec 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Building a new Windows 3.1 app in 2019: A Slack Cl... Win 3.1 apps can also access memory in 64K segments which I only use 1 to hold the humongous HTTP+JSON reply from Slack. Wikipedia says "However, no single process can use more than 16 MB.". Not sure where is the source of that though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1x

tinus_hn on Dec 19, 2019 | [–]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_mode

It’s a limitation from the 286 Protected Mode.

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