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Article #2026Re: *** HUGE NEWS ABOUT WINDOWS 95 ***
From: Bytesmith
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 00:00
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On 13 Jul 1995 Ceng...@Concept.com wrote: > Even with extenders like 4gw, they still have to switch back to > 16-bit real mode whenever they access the disk, or any real-mode device > driver that is not hardwired into it. (which is why early copies of Wolf > and Doom sometimes ate mouse drivers). What??? What is your source for this info? Are you a 32bit dos-extender programmer yourself? If DOS Interrupt services are not used, then why switch back to virtual 86 mode? Are you speaking of 16-bit thunks? Sound cards, are they 16-bit (addresswise)?
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