From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_LOCAL_HEX, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6192a34d0c9ffe5b X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news4.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Vinzent Hoefler" <0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776eeb@t-domaingrabbing.de> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Tutor Web Site Shutting Down Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 23:19:09 +0200 Message-ID: References: <7f53de8e-2400-4c87-a818-0b389e117c42@e21g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> <4d9eea12$0$302$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <2aeab5d1-fa6d-47de-ab53-9a8e6ab5f27a@h9g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <3a6f1fc2-3ae0-42d9-b483-d16cf7ab1566@x8g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <991499fb-bc24-4d7e-baf6-a9c0e16333e6@k22g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <291504a4-ec55-45f1-bf7f-13078bf71c3e@m10g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Trace: individual.net K7xdNxsTNEs3IEOTCeHgaQfoJ8JndpUJ13xYFP7+Mfz1/O0ArP Cancel-Lock: sha1:6ElyTaRzejmn/oXmFneBGdfgouY= User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.10 (Win32) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:20245 Date: 2011-05-14T23:19:09+02:00 List-Id: Yannick Duch=C3=AAne (Hibou57) wrote: > Le Tue, 10 May 2011 23:36:59 +0200, Rugxulo a =C3=A9= crit: >>> Is there anything inportant that you can do in DOS that you can't do= >>> in a Windows console program or a standard Linux program? >> >> Sure, run in DOS! :-)) >> >> (self-modifying code? direct hardware access? run in less than 10 MB >> of RAM? call the BIOS?) > Run in less than 1MB. Natively, it could not access memory beyond the > limit of 1MB. That's not entirely accurate. Not even speaking of EMS or XMS, first the= re was the HMA, which added almost 64K (anyone remember A20?), then the big= real (aka. unreal) mode was "invented". 32-Bit addressing required, but you could access the full 4 GB under native DOS. Good ol' times where I still knew every single interrupt or port address and it's purpose. ;) Vinzent. -- = A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people = carrying razors. -- Waldi Ravens