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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:43:44 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Joel Saunders wrote:

> In v86 mode, you can't switch to Protected Mode, because you're allready
> in it.  But DPMI providers like CWSDPMI allow protected mode programs
> like ones made with DJGPP to access P Mode from v86 mode.

V86 is not protected mode, it's a special variant of protected mode 
(there's a certain bit in EFLAGS that's on, which makes the CPU behave as 
it does in V86 mode).  Entering protected mode switches to a full 
protected mode.