From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <see_below AT the_messasge_body DOT com>
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Subject: Re: far pointers
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 15:35:16 +0400
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Prashant TR wrote:
> 
> > Ok, that was not what I really meant. It was supposed to say that V86
> > allows both DOS and protected-mode programs to run *in* protected
> > mode.
> 
> But that's also not very accurate: V86 is not PM, although it's close.
> For newbies' sake, I'd suggest to make this distinction very clear (if
> you at all mention V86, which I'm not sure is a good idea).

V86 has all the features of PMode. Just addressing inside the linear space
is the same as in real mode. This is the basic difference.

bye.
Alexei A. Frounze
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