Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: Anthony D. Tribelli
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 17:50

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Jerry Shekhel (jerry@cybercom.net) wrote:
: Dmitry V. Irtegov (fat@cnit.nsk.su) wrote:
: : I participated in development of small application on Win16.
: : Win16 uses handles too - I wonder, why: 286 segments have
                                            ^^^ typo #1 ?
: : some form of VM. Officially handles are needed to maintain
: : compatibility with 8086 real-mode, but Win3.1 doesn't support
: : real mode at all...

: Right.  In Windows 3.0 and above, unlocking GlobalAlloc()'ed blocks isn't
                     ^^^ type #2 ?
: necessary, because the OS can move them around even if they are locked...

Was "286" a typo? I don't think Intel supported VM until the 386.

Was "Windows 3.0" a typo? I don't think you could:
    lock and forget about unlocking until you are ready to free
until Windows 3.1, when running in enhanced mode (not real or standard). I
don't remember 3.0 having an enhanced mode (standard + VM ?). 

Tony
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