Re: Is it possible to address more than 1MB in real-mode

On Feb 18, 4:08 pm, Elcaro Nosille wrote:

Would it be possible to use a 32-bit addressing-mode in real-mode via
address-size prefix and thereby to have segments which are 4GB long?

It's possible to use a 32 bit protected mode bios extender.
This permits 32 bit protected mode programming with full bios access.

æBIOS now boots and runs from a USB flash drive in both modes (floppy
and hard drive) as well as Qemu emulation.
æBIOS is free to download and includes the full source code in FASM.

Mike Gonta
look and see - many look but few see

http://aeBIOS.com


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