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Date:      Sun, 3 Aug 1997 12:45:48 -0700
From:      Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DMI anyone ?
Message-ID:  <19970803124548.00595@micron.efn.org>
In-Reply-To: <199708030724.QAA13169@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from Michael Smith on Sun, Aug 03, 1997 at 04:54:47PM %2B0930
References:  <1519.870530784@critter.dk.tfs.com> <199708030724.QAA13169@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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Michael Smith stands accused of saying :
> Bottom line : we need a means for making 16-bit BIOS calls (16-bit
> protected mode interface is part of the spec)...

  I will have a crash machine and enough disk space to do kernel hacking soon,
and a 16-bit interface for BIOS calls (and other similar beasties) is #1 on my
TODO list. (I want VESA BIOS support)

> -- 
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Jonathan Mini (j_mini@efn.org)

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