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From: Al Christians <achrist@easystreet.com>
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Subject: Re: GNAT Ada 3.13 + DOS revisted
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 17:45:23 -0800
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Does 32-bit DPMI run on a 286???  I thought 286 had only 24-bit 
address space.

Al


tmoran@acm.org wrote:
> 
> >works on any 386+ machine having DOS 3.0+, so you can run 32-bit DPMI on practically
> >any PC still in function.
>   I have no 386s, but my old Toshiba portable (with the wonderful plasma
> screen) has a 286 and still gets used occasionally, especially when I
> care about tight timing.