Re: 64-bit DOS extender?

From: TS (spamtrap_at_crayne.org)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:11:22 +0000 (UTC)

>I just wonder, would it be possible to create something similar to emm386
>and a 64-bit DOS extender for AMD64 processors?

Something like DPMI or DOS4GW would be rather trivial, but a real mode
emulation would be way more complicated since there is no v86 mode
available when long mode is active.

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