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to: MARIUS BENDIKSEN
from: DARRYL GREGORASH
date: 1997-12-01 09:12:00
subject: INTs in asm

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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