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to: DORAN MOPPERT
from: TOM TORFS
date: 1997-07-31 17:32:00
subject: 16.7m 640 x 480

Doran Moppert wrote in a message to Phil Quinton:
 DM>  flat-real-mode .... though a bit of trickery with the 386
 DM> registers it is possible to enable 32-bit addressing in v86 mode
 DM> .... my old dx/40 seemed to allow this normally, but I soon learnt
 DM> that this is not supposed to be a standard feature. There are a few
 DM> docs and objects around on the topic, though it seems to have
 DM> fallen into disuse over time - not entirely sure why. 
Most likely because it won't work on most configurations, because they 
already have a V86 manager (e.g. EMM386/QEMM386, Windows, OS/2, ...).
greetz,
Tom
tomtorfs@mail.dma.be
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