From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" To: A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk, djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: What are protected mode rings? Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 15:57:33 +0300 (GMT) Message-ID: <9612051557.aa27169@ailin.inti.edu.ar> > snarfy AT goodnet DOT com wrote on 19 Sep 1996 19:09:50 GMT (Subject: What are >protected mode rings?):- >> I was just wondering what it means for something to run at 'ring-0' or >> 'ring-3'. What are these rings? Are there any good books that explain >> what these rings are? Thanks. > J.R.R.Tolkien published a long book that went into this at length, I think. Ash naj durbatuluk, ash naj drungatul .... etc ;-) About the rings ... Mark Habersack wrote a text that's available in the DJGPP project book web. SET ******************************************************************************** Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) - salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar Work: INTI (National Institute of Industrial Technology) Sector: ICE (Electronic Control & Instrumentation) Post (Home): Curapaligue 2124 - Caseros (1678)- Buenos Aires - Argentina