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Name: ergmiester Date: March 10, 1999 at 22:45:10 Pacific
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protected mode is win95 mode useing .PDR drivers For the Drives. Real mode is useing dos drivers loaded by autoexec.bat and config.sys. The .pdr drivers are in iosys directory. If windows cant safely use the .pdr it uses dos compatibility mode and displays a yellow !next to the drive in Device Manager and the performance tab in system
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Name: kconn Date: March 21, 1999 at 07:28:09 Pacific
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Protected mode is an operating mode in witch programs running simultaineoslycannot invade each others memory space or directly access input/out devices, preventing system failures during multitasking operations.
the default mode for intel microprocessors (8088-80486) is called real mode. In the real mode aprogram can interfere with another progams instrutions in memory, caus-ing the computer to crash.
Summary: "CPU error: incorrect opcode. Killing process" I get the same error message but I get it when I try to run an old DOS game. The files shouldn't be corrupted, because the game runs fine with DOSbox u...
Summary: Good morning, can someone explain to me Real-mode and protected mode and the relation with virtual machines? or maybe a link Thanks for your time ...
Summary: I am on the hunt for a book or source about dos protected mode Vs real mode. Need to get as much information as possible as soon as possible. ...
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