Hi Herman,
On 14 Jul 97, 15:53, you wrote to Auke Reitsma
 PW>> The DPMI specs don't make protected mode.  The 386 does.
 AR>> Correct! DPMI is just a standardized way to access it ...
 HS> Pfft. Yeah auke. Firstly, that comment is not correct, it is
 HS> wrong. Last I heard the 286 was quite capable of using protected
 HS> mode facilities.
A 286 is certainly capable of _providing_ protected mode facilities. A 386 is
just a bit better at it. And DPMI is _a_ standard interface to the 
processor's protected mode facilities.
So I was correct and NOT wrong. I was merely incomplete. In a relatively 
unimportant manner.
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