Hi
"Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TM> (if Intels first processor would have been the 386 than there would
> TM> also be no real mode on intel chips. Real mode was invented to stay
> TM> compatible with the early bad chipdesigns (8086)) (end of quote)
TM> Now will Intel's Itanium and AMD's Sledgehammer have real mode?
this is not yet clear ... (they are still redesigning both processors)
IMHO not, they will have modes to emulate 32 bit protected mode of 386 and
up.
But IMHO no real mode and therefor no DOS.
But what should they do with it ??
Do you want to run a single user, single task OS with a 640 KB memory limit
on a processor with at least 1.5 GHz and with at least 0.5 GB of DDR RAM ??
:))
TM> Thunking actually refers to communication between 16-bit (selector)
TM> and 32-bit (flat) segments, when code in one segment calls a function
TM> in the other, even though all is in protected mode.
ups ... sorry than I misunderstood something.
TM> I don't think DR-DOS multitasker ever hung on my computer, but DOS
TM> Lynx386 kept running out of memory, so I could see this task manager
TM> was not up to serious business.
DV works great, but the drdos multitasker refuses to work correctly :)
PS: Is it possible that Lineo releases the drdos sourcecode under the GPL?
CU, Ricsi
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