Replying to a message of Marius Bendiksen to Nobody You Know:
>> An interrupt (INT) is actually a real-mode call...OS/2 is
>> protected mode, so
MB> An interrupt is no such thing. The difference between real
MB> and protected mode, as far as interrupts are concerned is
MB> as follows:
I was going to ask "nobody", if an INT is actually a real-mode call, then how
come the DPMI specs include functions to establish real-mode call-back
addresses for protected mode INTs, and vice versa? Or, how come the Intel
specs for the x86 CPUs don't say "real mode only" when discussing the INT op?
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