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From: Gary Clark II <gclarkii>
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Subject: Re: Virtual 8086 mode
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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 14:34:10 -0700 (PDT)
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> 
> 
> Would someone be available to mentor me on adding VM86 code to the kernel
> (all I have is 2.0.5R, unfortunately)?  I've been trying it myself, and I
> think I'm about halfway done, but I'm getting stuck too often to be
> productive. :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Marc.
> 
Marc,

I've got the basic VM86 mode in current on my machine as of about a week ago. 
I can go into VM86 mode and then I'll sig ou on USR1.  The VM system is driving
me crazy right now:)  I need to be able to map 2 megs at 0x0.  Trying to
follow the present VM system is giving me headaches...:(

Gary

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