From: "MNR. LE SMITH" <9813152 AT fharga DOT sun DOT ac DOT za> Organization: Stellenbosch University To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:36:50 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: a question Message-ID: <16742C97815@fharga.sun.ac.za> Precedence: bulk hello. i have recently read a few articles concerning protected mode etc. but i still have not yet figured out what the difference is between linear- and physical address pointers. could someone please (briefly) explain to me what the difference is between linear and physical memory addresses. reply to : lesmith AT ilink DOT nis DOT za ps. and PLEASE dont use any acronymns (if possible) .. thx.