--- "Peter \"Firefly\" Lund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Jon Smirl wrote:
> 
> > So if the x86-64 is getting rid of real mode when
> > running a 64b OS, how is XFree going to make those
> > nasty old vm86 INT 10 calls for things like
> getting
> > DDC and resetting secondary adapters?
> 
> It contains an emulator for real-mode 8086.  How do
> you think they do it
> on other platforms with AGP/PCI but not x86? ;)
> 

And people wonder why XFree is so big

> -Peter
> 


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