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From: | "Michael Krause" <mkrause AT mail DOT tds DOT net> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: NEAR POINTERS |
Date: | 24 Jun 1997 00:11:38 GMT |
Organization: | TDS Telecom - Madison, WI |
Lines: | 10 |
Message-ID: | <01bc8033$117503a0$c34c89d0@default> |
References: | <01bc7f5e$2cc9b040$aa28bace AT client DOT kosone DOT com> |
NNTP-Posting-Host: | mimi2-a02.mill.tds.net |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Mark Oliver <markoliv AT mercury DOT kosone DOT com> wrote in article <01bc7f5e$2cc9b040$aa28bace AT client DOT kosone DOT com>... > Anyway, i was wondering, what exactly this function does. Does > it disable protected mode completely. It sets the limit on the selector to -1, so your program can access every byte of ram in your computer with a near pointer. Your computer is still in protected mode.
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