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- From: sharp@mizar.usc.edu (Malcolm Sharp)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Real mode / Protected mode definition?
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 11:56:03 -0800
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- I'd appreciate someone providing a definition of real mode and
- protected mode. I thought I understood the difference - until I
- needed to explain it someone. I looked in the MS-DOS 5.0 manual and
- found nothing. Is this something that usually involves Windows only?
- The question came to me from someone who just bought a new compiler
- that said he could compile either for real or protected mode.
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- Thanks in advance.
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- Malcolm Sharp
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