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Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 07:46:20 -0500
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: What are protected mode rings?
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A.Appleyard wrote:
> 
>   snarfy AT goodnet DOT com wrote on 19 Sep 1996 19:09:50 GMT (Subject: What >are
> protected mode rings?):-
> > I was just wondering what it means for something to run at 'ring-0' >or
> > 'ring-3'. What are these rings?  Are there any good books that >>explain
> > what these rings are?  Thanks.
> 
>   J.R.R.Tolkien published a long book that went into this at length, I >think.

A three book trilogy in fact.  I think he left intel shortly afterwards
though.  :o)