Path: utzoo!censor!geac!yunexus!maccs!cs4g6ag From: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: V20 compatibility with Intel (Was: Re: Is the XT dead?) Keywords: when we get _this_ far off topic, let's change the subject line. Message-ID: <25281C37.2028@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Date: 3 Oct 89 02:40:55 GMT Reply-To: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Lines: 24 In article <39315@bu-cs.BU.EDU> ngeow@cs.bu.edu (Yee Ngeow) writes: $>I don't knwo about Turbo C, but I use the -G2 switch on Microsoft C $>all the time with my V20. -G2 causes MSC to generate 80286 code. I have $>built a number of programs this way, including STEVIE, MicroEmacs, etc., and $>they all work just fine. I would expect 80186 code to also work (but $>haven't actually tried it.). The 186 instruction set is a subset of the 286's, so if 286 code works, so will 186 (and in fact, I'm certian that 186 code works; however, I didn't realize 286 code did too. But why should I care? I have a 286) $Hmmm.. Since V-20 runs 286 instructions, does that mean it can use the $protected mode to run OS/2 also? Probably not, but I am really curious. As far as I know, the V20 and V30 don't have protected mode, so they wouldn't be able to run OS/2. -- Stephen M. Dunn cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca= "\nI'm only an undergraduate!!!\n"; ********************************************************************** TORONTO BLUE JAYS - 1989 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST CHAMPIONS! GO JAYS GO!!