From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) Subject: Re: VM386? Possible? Date: 2 Sep 1992 14:19:52 GMT
In article <1992Sep1.225633.7494@athena.mit.edu>, hammond@kwhpc.caseng.com (Kevin W. Hammond) writes:
| When you run a virtual 86 machine, you are only running an 8086 (8088).
That's not completely correct. The addressing modes are limited, but
the 32 bit instructions still work, and I believe the extra seg regs are
also available. It's sort of a hybred mode. I used to run fract286
(pre-fractint) under VP/ix, and a few of my own things which did 32 bit
register stuff, so I'm sure it doesn't really look like an 8086.
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