80286 Protected Mode Test
Noel Chiappa
jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Mon Mar 15 09:23:01 CDT 2021
> From: Guy Sotomayor
> the LOADALL instructions including all of it's warts (and its inability
> to switch back from protected mode)
Good to have that confirmed (for the 286; apparently it works in the 386).
> the other way to get back to real mode from protected mode is via a
> triple-fault.
Any insight into why IBM didn't use that, but went with the (allegedly slow)
keyboard hack?
Noel
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