Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 08:52:47 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Alexei A. Frounze wrote:

> > V86 was invented because it allowed to use more than 640KB of memory,
> 
> [sinp]
> 
> 80286 has no V8086 mode although it has 16-bit PMode features. And thus it's
> not capable to run any DOS program while CPU is in PMode. It must switch
> mode. OTOH, 80386+ has V8086 and .... you know what.

i386 cannot run DOS while the CPU is in PM, either.  That's why we need 
__dpmi_int and friends.