From: Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: far pointers
Date: 10 Jun 2000 07:05:46 +0530
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"Alexei A. Frounze" <see_below AT the_message_body DOT com> writes:

> :) V86 mode was invented to provide compatibility with old 8086 stuff while
> CPU is in PMode. DOS itself works normally in V86.

That's right. Usually, even plain DOS runs in V86 mode because the
EMM386 driver switches to V86 when it gets installed. And that's why
you get some message like "Privileged Operation Error" when you try to
use an instruction like LGDT or LIDT.