From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <see_below AT the_message_body DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: far pointers
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:41:43 +0400
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > From: Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
> > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> > Date: 10 Jun 2000 07:05:46 +0530
> >
> > > :) V86 mode was invented to provide compatibility with old 8086 stuff while
> > > CPU is in PMode. DOS itself works normally in V86.
> >
> > That's right. Usually, even plain DOS runs in V86 mode because the
> > EMM386 driver switches to V86 when it gets installed.
> 
> V86 was invented because it allowed to use more than 640KB of memory,

[sinp]

80286 has no V8086 mode although it has 16-bit PMode features. And thus it's
not capable to run any DOS program while CPU is in PMode. It must switch
mode. OTOH, 80386+ has V8086 and .... you know what.

bye.
Alexei A. Frounze
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