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from: ED BEROSET
date: 1997-12-09 18:59:00
subject: Re: INTs in asm

From: Ed Beroset 
Subject: Re: INTs in asm
At 20:52 12/8/97, you wrote:
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> -=> Quoting Marius Bendiksen to Nobody You Know <=-
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> MB> * The realmode IDT is stuck (usually) at 0:0 with a limit of 0x3ff
>
>"Usually" ?
Technically, he's correct.  One can go into protected mode, change the base
address of the IDT and/or change the limit, and return to real mode.  The
changed values will stay changed.  
Ed
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