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From: madd@world.std.com (jim frost)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: V86 mode in 386 machines
Message-ID: <1989Oct24.164101.21281@world.std.com>
Date: 24 Oct 89 16:41:01 GMT
References: <8910231849.AA21907@euler.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: madd@world.UUCP (jim frost)
Organization: Software Tool & Die
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In article <8910231849.AA21907@euler.Berkeley.EDU> ndeng@EULER.BERKELEY.EDU writes:
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|There currently several packages can utilize the V86 mode of 386.
[...]
|Is there any environment which may give a full 640K for DOS
applications?

Yes.  The DOS-under-UNIX utilities such as VP/ix do this nicely.  I
believe all major 386 versions of UNIX supply this standard or as an
option.  This may not be useful to you, but the ability to have more
V86 boxes running than you have available memory is sometimes
considered a feature.

jim frost
software tool & die
madd@std.com