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Subject: Re: Protected mode..
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On 2000-04-18 dziablo@lords.com said:
   >Hi,
   >I'm reading edition #1 of "Operating system ..."  and I would like
   >to know if only minix 2.0 is in protected mode because the code
   >seems to be working with segment and offset...  and since it as
   >been written in 1987... I'm not even sure the protected mode
   >existed at this moment...
Minix 2.0 runs in protected mode on any 286 or higher CPU unless you give
the "processor=86" command in the boot monitor.  I haven't studied the
source code but I think the segments and offsets are for the code that runs
on an 8086/88.

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