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- From: jkearns@ssd.intel.com (Jerry Kearns)
- Subject: Re: DPMI (Re: pkz204c.exe is available)
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- References: <rdippold.726458908@cancun> <726519334snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> <1993Jan10.220906.14954@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> <1993Jan11.123715.10856@cs.tcd.ie>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:17:44 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan11.123715.10856@cs.tcd.ie>, dherity@cs.tcd.ie (Herity D.) writes:
- |> jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (March Hare) writes:
- |>
- |> >OK, I can't find this one. What does DPMI stand for?
- |>
- |> DOS Protected Mode Interface. It permits a 386 running DOS to be used as
- |> a 386, not a go faster 8086, as is normal.
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- |> | Dominic Herity, dherity@cs.tcd.ie, |faster than light, |
- |> |Computer Science Dept, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.|except possibly bad|
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- A PC running DOS can be "used as a 386", i.e., run in 386 mode, without using
- DPMI. DPMI is a multitasking spec (replacing VCPI), used by programs like
- MS Windows and DESQview.
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- Jerry
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