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to: NEIL HELLER
from: DARIN MCBRIDE
date: 1998-04-08 08:00:00
subject: 32-BIT MODE

 NH> Why would someone WANT to write a 32-bit DOS app..  Is there a 32-bit
 NH> flavor of DOS out there?
No - but DOS being completely dumb (i.e., it lets you do whatever you want), 
you can switch the PC's addressing mode into 32-bit mode to access memory in 
chunks larger than 64k, and to access total memory greater than 1 meg.  Last 
C++ program I wrote at home would use 2-3 meg in a single session, sort it, 
and then display statistics.  Without 32-bit DOS, I'd either have to learn 
how to do all of this in EMS/XMS, in swap files, or just skip it.  (It was an 
OS/2 app - no problem there - but someone requested a DOS version... not a 
problem when I compiled it with Watcom.)
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