On 2/19/07, Tom Buskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   This is, incidentally, one of the "limitations" of x86-64.  In long
> mode (64-bit mode), you cannot run 16-bit real mode code.  At all.
> There's no virtual mode, either.  So 64-bit Windows cannot run DOS or
> Win16 code (of which there is still a depressingly large amount).
> That's one reason most Windows systems are still 32-bit OS installs.
> Of course, it means all the cool x86-64 stuff just ends up being used
> primarily as a really, *really* fast i386.
Hmm, does DOSemu  have issues on 64bit linux?

 DOSemu has a software 8086 emulator built in.

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-- Thomas
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