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From: berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: dos memory question
Keywords: dos, memory, flat addressing
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Date: 20 Nov 90 07:24:57 GMT
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skumar@cbnewsh.att.com (swaminathan.ravikumar) writes:


>is there a version of dos that runs under protected mode (386)? that
>is, it uses a flat addressing mechanism. no added features,
>like os2. if one exists then there won't be a need for dos extenders. 
>also, is it doable or am i asking an impossible thing and if so
>why?

  There is no direct version of DOS that runs in protected mode, too
convenient I guess. There are various DOS extenders floating about,
can't tell you any names though. I have a faint recollection of
a product known as "Extended DOS", but that's all I know. Try contacting
your local software peddler/pirater, for commercial products.
  Dr. Dobbs journal had a few articles and programs for extending DOS a
couple of months back, now that I think of it. Try flipping through
there.

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