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In article <1990Jul31.024249.1328@water.waterloo.edu> nmouawad@water.waterloo.edu (Naji Mouawad) writes:
>In article <BIANCO.90Jul30163028@daffodil.cs.odu.edu> bianco@cs.odu.edu
>(David J. Bianco) writes:
>
>>How does one kick the 286 chip into protected mode? I'm using TC++ (but
>>only, as of yet, in TC mode, not TC++ mode), and was hoping to get out
>>of this segmented architecture via the protected mode. Since I dont
>>really care if my program will run in the background of a multitasker
>>or anything, I thought this would be a good solution.  
>

Don't try and use the '286 to circumvent the necessity for segmentation.
The '286 in protected mode enforces segmentation much stronger than in
real mode.  I would recommend getting a good book that discusses
protected mode, and read it.  

I just finished writing two magazine articles on how to enter and
leave protected mode, along with lots of undocumented goodies about
the '286 and '386.  At this point I don't know if they will be accepted
for publication (as each article is 8-10 pages, and includes 20 or more
pages of figures and source code).  If the articles are accepted, you
can read them in TECH SPECIALIST in a couple of months.  If they are
rejected, then I will post them to the net.

Robert Collins