From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <see_below AT the_messasge_body DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: far pointers
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:02:43 +0400
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Florian X wrote:
> 
> >You're wrong.
> >1. HIMEM.SYS has nothing about V86. It just allows to access extended ram
> >(above 1MB mark).
> >2. CWSDPMI as a DOS extender (DPMI host or whatever you like to call it)
> >passes all the called DOS functions from PMode program to V86 task in order
> >to be handled by BIOS, IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, etc. None of good DOS extenders
> >switches back to real mode in order to service BIOS or DOS function.
> >
> 
> Dr-DOS's  emm386 driver uses ONLY the V86 mode! And so it also support
> multitasking...

And PMode PL#0 as well, I believe. I mean V86 monitor is PL#0. :)

As for mutitasking, is DR-DOS really multitasking? I just don't know.

bye.
Alexei A. Frounze
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