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to: MARIUS BENDIKSEN
from: PAUL WANKADIA
date: 1997-11-24 09:35:00
subject: DPMI question

On 21 Nov 97, Marius Bendiksen wrote to Paul Wankadia --
 MB> > Not very far, unfortunately.  The boot-loader DOES work, now, thanks
 MB> I've done about 5 different version of my boot loader :-/... At least
 MB> they all worked fine after a few builds.
ROTFL!  Which one are you using?
 MB> > others) that I'll get working on things like system-calls, but I
 MB> I've actually started doing that,
I don't want to mess with TSS, but it looks like I will have to.
But perhaps I should write a scheduler first.
 MB> and I've done the basic coding of an IDE controller driver.
Where'd you get the info?  Can I get a copy from you?
 MB> > That's what mine does for each head of each track.
 MB> Yeah, but I also meant for debugging purposes.
How informative can one single, solitary, semi-detached period be?
 MB> >  MB> Shouldn't be more than a simple MOVSB from 07c0:0 to 1000:0 or
 MB> > For almost-maximum space, it moves to 0x90000.
 MB> I used an adress-space linearizer, so I didn't have that problem.
Hmph ... I switch to protected mode AFTER I load, so ...
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