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   mutazilah@gmail.com to muta...@gmail.com   
   Re: windows   
   18 Nov 22 14:08:28   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 5:59:22 AM UTC+8, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > But if Microsoft is unwilling to provide 16-bit support I   
   > am willing to design 16-bit applications that will work   
   > under a theoretical PDOS/x64, but while waiting for   
   > that, I could instead use a kernel mode 32-bit app to   
   > switch to CM16 (or perhaps set the D-bits while staying   
   > in CM32), run my 16-bit app (which does no interrupts,   
   > since it is PDOS-generic), returns to CM32 and switches   
   > the D-bits back without Windows even being aware   
   > what happened.   
      
   Actually, I just realized I could do the same thing to get   
   16-bit PDOS-generic apps to run under PDOS/386.   
   Currently there is no 16-bit support for PDOS/386.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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