From: markus.humm1@freenet.de   
      
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   > I know that reading from the BIOS data area directly does not   
   > work from within protected mode as in protected-mode   
   > memory-paging is used instead of direct segment:offset-addressing.   
      
   If you use DPMI (available in BP 7) you can!   
      
   i:=MEML[SEG0040:$6C] for instance gives you the tick counts of the 18.2   
   ms timer directly from BIOS data area!   
      
   Greetings   
      
   Markus   
      
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