Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 12:15:33 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: HOWTO: DJGPP, setup CWSDPMI.exe
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On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, DeHackEd wrote:

> Your programs are automatically set to and stuck in protected mode,
> unless you use a function called _djgpp_nearptr_enable() (...)  This
> disables protected mode

A minor correction: the nearptr facility doesn't *disable* protected
mode, it just allows to access any address in the 4GB address space.
Protected mode has many other aspects except memory protection, all of
which are retained under nearptr.