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- From: dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch)
- Subject: Re: Borland C++ 4.0 - Who knows What? (actually TP 7)
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- References: <4205.9211171028@thor.cf.ac.uk> <dmurdoch.170.722007890@mast.queensu.ca> <1992Nov18.222936.26394@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> <dmurdoch.174.722145202@mast.queensu.ca> <1992Nov19.215351.3077@kronos.arc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:55:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.215351.3077@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> raymond@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond) writes:
- >>From what I can spot on a quick read through the BP 7 manual, there's no
- >>special support for interrupts. That is, you'll have to use the DPMI
- >>services directly.
- >
- >What sorts of services does DPMI provide?
-
- You'd be better off looking at a long writeup on it (e.g. the book
- Extending DOS), but in summary it provides an interface between
- a protected mode program and real mode DOS. (I think) you can set up
- interrupts to be serviced in either real mode or protected mode, but I've
- never done it.
-
- Duncan Murdoch
- dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca
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