You say [quote]“To be perfectly clear, this isn’t a Windows problem-- it’s an x86 hardware problem. The memory hole is quite literally invisible to the CPU, no matter what 32-bit operating system you choose. The following diagram from Intel illustrates just where the memory hole is: image”[/quote]
and then show an image of a DOS compatible memory layout. As far as i’m aware, the only OS to actually use this kind of layout would be from a certain company in Redmond. I know none of my machines have a DOS compatibility region in place, so i would say this in fact is a windows issue, not and x86 one.
Kris