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- From: dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch)
- Subject: Re: BP 7.0
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- References: <1992Dec15.132615.29226@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:30:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec15.132615.29226@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu> francois@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu (Francois Schiettecatte) writes:
- >I have a couple of questions about BP 7.0, I understand that
- >it will compile programs so that they can run in protected
- >mode ( thus accessing memory above the 1Mb line ). If this
- >is the case, then do they do away with the 64K segment limit,
- >I need to be able to extend my data segment beyond the 64K limit
- >and I dont want to do a lot of rewritting of code. Currently
- >I use TP 6.0 and I am limited to 64K segments, but I can only
- >run in real mode.
-
- No, BP 7 protected mode is the 16 bit protected mode introduced with the 286
- processor. That means 64K segments. There are lots of ways to get around
- this limit, but none of them are painless.
-
-
- Duncan Murdoch
- dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca
-