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/4GW[edit]

What does the /4GW stand for? GW-BASIC has similar problems explaining this. --Abdull 18:52, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

After reading the FAQs, I think that the W stands for "Watcom". I don't know about the /4G, but it's probably "4 gigabytes", the maximun amount of addressable memory with 32 bit addressing. Pezezin 10:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's not so hard. Rational's first product was DOS/16M, a 16-bit DOS extender providing access to up to 16 megabytes of memory. The 32-bit product was called DOS/4G, providing access to 4 gigabytes (at least theoretically). The W stands for Watcom; DOS/4GW is a version of DOS/4G specifically for use with the Watcom compilers. Codegen86 (talk) 15:41, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stands for 4 gibabyte (32 bit width). I had the same question myself but had to go to another site to find a real writeup. Wiki has been losing quality for a long time IMO.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/DOS4GW LegendLength (talk) 00:01, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What is the latest version of this SW? Is it 1.97? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.208.4.121 (talk) 14:32, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's 2.01 . See [1] 1111mol (talk) 00:30, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DOS4G 2,61 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.28.216.34 (talk) 15:59, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The article says its a lib that is linked to the programm. Why is then there a dos4g.exe? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16B8:315E:9B00:777C:46F9:C2CA:1A44 (talk) 12:43, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Is the fact, that DOS/4GW was shipped with the Watcom compiler with a commercial re-distribution license the only difference or was there something more? Where there any technical differences? --84.158.122.178 (talk) 02:38, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]