Re: 64-bit DOS extender?
From: Wiktor S. (spamtrap_at_crayne.org)
Date: 09/29/04
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:44:10 +0000 (UTC)
>> I just wonder, would it be possible to create something
>> similar to emm386 emm386 and a 64-bit DOS extender for
>> AMD64 processors?
>
> Something like DPMI or DOS4GW would be rather trivial,
I think it shouldn't much differ from existing 32-bit extenders -- just
different mode switching routine?
> but a real mode emulation would be way more complicated since
> there is no v86 mode available when long mode is active.
Is there something wrong with so called "compatibility mode", to run
16/32-bit software on 64-bit systems? Why it would "way more complicate"
things?
-- Azarien wswiktor<attomaaku>poczta<dotto>fm
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