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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 15:32:53 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
cc: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DPMI incorporation...
In-Reply-To: <199612300146.CAA29496@math.amu.edu.pl>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961230152829.8626C-100000@sparkie.gnofn.org>
References: <199612300146 DOT CAA29496 AT math DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
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On Mon, 30 Dec 1996, Mark Habersack wrote:
> And what about the 0x0602 -- 0x0604 and 0x0702, 0x0703 functions? The 
<...>
> 286-compliant servers would have to implement them. But how? 286 
> hardware does not support pages.

Hold on a minute here, I'm under the impression that the only difference
between 286 & 386 is the the segment descriptor structure was enhanced in
the 386 to allow for difference types of memory setups.  And that
switching bewteen PM & RM was easier on the 386.

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