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- What is ETCETERA.386?
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- ETCETERA.386 is a module which adds more functionality to EtCetera 1.30.
- These special features are available only to 386 and higher processors, and
- only to .386 files under Windows. These files are commonly called Virtual
- Device Drivers, or VxD's, so named because these files are generally used to
- permit sharing of various devices installed in your PC, such as the hard
- drive, a sound card, a network card, your printer ports, your modem ports,
- etc. (By "virtual" is meant that it makes each program that runs think that
- it has its own "copy" of the device, or a "virtual" device, or, if the device
- cannot be shared, it makes the program think that the device does not exist.)
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- ETCETERA.386 is not technically a device driver, since it does not actually
- control access to any particular device. It does, however, allow EtCetera to
- use the full power of 386 and later processors, as well as access Windows in
- ways not otherwise possible. It is the use of this file alone that makes the
- 386-only commands supported in EtCetera available.
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