7 Aug
2008
7 Aug
'08
11:41 a.m.
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
Without the then-undocumented LOADALL instruction,
protected-mode
Windows may have been delayed until the 80386. Quel horreur!
Ummmm..... Protected-mode Windows WAS delayed until the 80386. (Or
am I missing the joke?) Windows 286 (aka 2.10) was real mode.
Windows 386 (also having version number 2.10) had a 386 protected mode
kernel that used the virtual 8086 mode to separate tasks.
AFAIK, the first windows with a 286 protected mode was Windows 3.0
with its "standard mode". A lot of Windows 286 apps wouldn't run in
standard mode.
Eric