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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!inews.intel.com!mwilley From: mwilley@pcocd2.intel.com (Mark Willey - PCD) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: More Details on the 386BSD Release 1.0 CD-ROM Date: 25 May 1994 15:18:34 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation Lines: 29 Sender: mwilley@pcocd2 (Mark Willey - PCD) Distribution: world Message-ID: <2rvq8a$9h7@inews.intel.com> References: <jmonroyCq1qK0.5vJ@netcom.com> <1994May25.040649.28711@njitgw.njit.edu> <jmonroyCqCrwC.L5K@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fiw206.fm.intel.com Originator: mwilley@sedona In article <jmonroyCqCrwC.L5K@netcom.com>, jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes: > Nakata Ken (CS major) (kxn3796@hertz.njit.edu) wrote: > : "The Virtual Machine subsystem" "not available on all 386 chips"? > : What *exactly* are you referring to, by "the Virtual Machine > : subsystem"? > : > Please read the i386 data guide. I think he's referring to the "Virtual 8086 Environment". (ie running virtual mode under protected mode -- not real mode) * * * * But the question still is: Which Intel 80386 chips do not have virtual mode? * * * (For more info on the mode I think he's talking about, look at your handy Intel "Microprocessors, Vol I, 1994" Databook, page 1-349. Mark -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Willey Ask me about FREE UNIX+X11R5 for Intel PC. 916-356-5477 I speak for myself, not Intel. mwilley@pcocd2.intel.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------