Pointer & GPC question..._(re)

Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:16:42 +0100 (BST)

> From:           Orlando Llanes 
> To:             GNU Pascal Mailing List 
> Subject:        Re: Pointer & GPC question...
> Date sent:      Tue, 26 Aug 1997 13:11:28 -0400

> Cool, so would the admin have to install it? Or could it be 
>installed by a
> normal user? Another thing I'm curious of is does Linux use or support DPMI
> in it's native state? Or does it have it's own proprietary memory scheme?

DPMI (Dos Protected Mode Interface) is a technique to allow the Dos 
operating system (which is 16 bit) to run 32-Bit software. Linux 
is a true 32 bit OS (on a x86 PC, anyway) and therefore does not 
require DPMI or similar crutches. One thing less to take care off...

Dr E. Buxbaum (eb15@leicester.ac.uk)