Hello Mike!

Friday February 16 1996, Mike Bilow writes to Gerard Gerritsen:

[ IOPL ]

 MB> IOPL access is considered obsolete,

But it is quite useful, especially when programming mixer chips on
soundcards (my first project for os/2 ) ( and when using MMOS/2 is out of
the question )

 MB>  and IBM wanted to discourage its use from 32-bit programs in order
 MB> to promote portability to OS/2 for the Power PC and other non-Intel
 MB> platforms.

Ever saw a soundblaster / ultrasound for the PowerPc ?

 MB>   However, the real problem is that 32-bit programs are almost always
 MB> written in "flat" model, where all code is mapped by a single
 MB> selector in the LDT.

Well make an extra entry, there will be some extra overhead, but it should work...

==> Gerard/2   - member of team os/2 -  1000521{at}ibk.fnt.hvu.nl

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