From: "Alexei A. Frounze" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: far pointers Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:11:09 +0400 Organization: None Lines: 28 Message-ID: <39450B9D.C7D417B9@the_messasge_body.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp101-53.dialup.mtu-net.ru Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: gavrilo.mtu.ru 960827029 21469 212.188.101.53 (12 Jun 2000 16:23:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse AT mtu DOT ru NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Jun 2000 16:23:49 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en,ru To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Alexei A. Frounze wrote: > > > > 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. > > That difference is what counts for many DJGPP users, so it is very > important to explain that and keep that in mind, IMHO. An average > DJGPP user can safely think that V86 and RM are identical and write > DJGPP programs based on that assumption, but he/she cannot safely > think that V86 and PM are identical, because then his/her DJGPP > programs will crash. Completely agree. bye. Alexei A. Frounze ----------------------------------------- E-mail: alexfru [AT] chat [DOT] ru Homepage: http://alexfru.chat.ru Mirror: http://members.xoom.com/alexfru