From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <see_below AT the_messasge_body DOT com>
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Subject: Re: far pointers
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:21:02 +0400
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
[snip]
> > > Compare this with CWSDPMI that runs on top of HIMEM.SYS.  You do not have
> > > V86 there, but HIMEM is still used to switch into PM.
> >
> > Btw, HIMEM.SYS uses BIOS Int 15h fn 87h for data copying.
> 
> I wasn't talking about data copying, I was talking about switching
> into PM, in order to run protected-mode code.

I was pointing out that HIMEM can still work even if CPU is in V86. Just
because it uses BIOS services which could be emulated by either EMM386 or
Windows or something else.

bye.
Alexei A. Frounze
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