I had a 486 with 8Mb of RAM and a 40Mb disk, DBLSPACEd. It usually didn't had enough low memory (because DBLSPACE was a hog) for some games, so... I started Windows and played these DOS games from there.
I don't remember which one game occasionally would drop out with OOM in the DOS (it had 8Mb in the minimal requirements) but run just fine when started from Windows. Virtual memory with swap for the rescue!
I even used Calendar (if my memory serves me well) as an alarm clock to remind myself about the time.
I had a 486 with 8Mb of RAM and a 40Mb disk, DBLSPACEd. It usually didn't had enough low memory (because DBLSPACE was a hog) for some games, so... I started Windows and played these DOS games from there.
I don't remember which one game occasionally would drop out with OOM in the DOS (it had 8Mb in the minimal requirements) but run just fine when started from Windows. Virtual memory with swap for the rescue!
I even used Calendar (if my memory serves me well) as an alarm clock to remind myself about the time.