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Re: Borland C++ 4.0 - Who knows What? (actually TP 7)

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From: Eric A. Raymond
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:53
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dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch) writes:
>In article <1992Nov18.222936.26394@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> raymond@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond) writes:
>>What sort of support does it have for interrupts?
>>
>>That is, if you do a setvect does does the handler perform in real or
>>protected mode?  Is there any control over doing this (i.e., a real
>>mode handler)?

>From what I can spot on a quick read through the BP 7 manual, there's no 
>special support for interrupts.  That is, you'll have to use the DPMI 
>services directly.

What sorts of services does DPMI provide?
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Subject: Re: Borland C++ 4.0 - Who knows What? (actually TP 7)
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