IBM 5150 maximum memory?

[Jim Battle]

Jim Battle wrote:
> Jim Leonard wrote:
>> Tony Duell wrote:
>>> [1] When I got my first IBM PC-family machine (a 5160), I took it to 
>>> bits (what a suprise) and sat down with the TechRef. Every few 
>>> minutes I'd exclaim 'They did WHAT???' as I found aother it of 
>>> misdesign...
>>
>> That's not the first time you've mentioned that, so now I have to ask 
>> you:  What's the #1 most glaring misdesign you can remember about the 
>> 5150 or 5160?

Duh, the other really stupid one: taking the 1MB memory space and 
putting BIOS and video where they did.