From:	jhorigan AT mipos2 DOT intel DOT com (John Horigan)
Subject:	Re: go32 v2.0
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date:	Mon, 15 Mar 93 8:21:02 PST

> 
> I've decided to start thinking about the next go32.  There are a
> number of architectural deficiencies in the 1.0x series that I'd
> rather resolve with a rewrite (gdb and interrupts, for example).
> After a few hours of brainstorming, I came up with the attached
> "notes" file that has a lot of implementation ideas.  It's a little
> rough, but it's only a start, and if you don't understand part of it,
> don't worry.
> 

How about support for VGA chips that can map video memory into a
contiguous 1meg block? My WD 90C31 will put the video buffer into
any 1meg block in the first 16meg and I think that many other VGA
chips have this option too. Thanks for the great work!

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John W. Horigan     GRP Engineer   P7 architecture  M/S: RN2-27
Intel, Santa Clara  (408)765-4773  jhorigan AT mipos2 DOT intel DOT com

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