Questions tagged [real-mode]
For questions about switching hardware into real address mode
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80286 can switch from real mode to protected mode - but why not back?
It's been a while, but I've read in a system programming book that you could switch your Intel 80286 CPU from the normal real mode to a more powerful protected mode. I clearly remember that they said ...
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How does the ‘real mode flat model’ work?
I am interested in old Intel processors. I'll try to be as concise as possible.
I have been studying both Jeff Duntemann's Assembly Language Step-by-Step - Chapter 4 and Modes of Memory Addressing on ...
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Are .COM executable binaries real mode or protected mode?
Windows and DOS binary executable files with the .EXE extension have an MZ header in them and nowadays also a PE header.
But before these there used to also be .COM binary executable files and they ...
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