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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: Leath Muller <leathm AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 20:27:09 +0000
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> Even though a DOS 16bit program doesn't have scheduling to worry about,
> it still only runs at half the speed of a 32bit program;

Awooga! Awooga! Bzzzt!

32 bit doesn't imply twice as fast, except for raw memory blits, and even
then, not quite; the cache will make 2 16 bit requests into 1 32 bit request
for the slow DRAM, anyway, so it's only 2 cache reads - zero wait state.

Anyway, you can use 32 bit real mode code :-)

> Leathal.

ABW 
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