From: "L. Lu" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: When is a DOS app a "32-bit DOS" app? Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 21:31:02 +0200 Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Lines: 13 Message-ID: <8rqi0t$t0$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: gw-41.wh.uni-stuttgart.de X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com I am not sure but ... when a program in real-mode involves any 32-bit instructions (i.e. prefixed by 66H/67H), then it is a 16/32-bit mixed program; if it has only 32-bit instructions (i.e. all prefixed by 66H/67H), it is a 32-bit program. but when the program runs in protected mode, it can be 32-bit, 16-bit or 16/32-bit mixed, depended on its segments and operand/address size prefixes. It may be wrong ... Ask other experts please. Lu