Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:05:06 +0500
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From: Prashant TR <tr AT midpec DOT com>
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Subject: Re: what is protected mode?
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wroot AT my-deja DOT com proclaimed:

> What is "protected-mode" environment???

A special feature of the 386+ processors. It is also present on 286, but has
limited facilites. Now DJGPP is a 32-bit protected mode environment where
you can get acces to 4GB of RAM (if you have) while on conventional compilers
like TC++, only a max. of 1M can be used. However, this is a very very short
description of protected mode.

If you want more, look into the FAQ and also try searching the mail-archives
at delorie.com.

And if you still want more information, download the Intel manuals from
http://developer.intel.com/