From: "Michael Krause" <mkrause AT mail DOT tds DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: NEAR POINTERS
Date: 24 Jun 1997 00:11:38 GMT
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Mark Oliver <markoliv AT mercury DOT kosone DOT com> wrote in article
<01bc7f5e$2cc9b040$aa28bace AT client DOT kosone DOT com>...
> Anyway, i was wondering, what exactly this function does. Does
> it disable protected mode completely. 

It sets the limit on the selector to -1, so your program can access every
byte of ram in your computer with a near pointer.  Your computer is still
in protected mode.