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Re: [Qemu-devel] 16-bit (and 8-bit) emulation


From: Paul Brook
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] 16-bit (and 8-bit) emulation
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:54:47 +0100
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> > Modern x86 are backwards compatible[*], so you should be able to do that
> > anyway.
>
> Care to share with us how I do that? Is it an option to gcc?

gcc does not support 16-bit mode.

My point is that pretty much anything that runs on a 286 should also run on 
any subsequent x86 processor. If you want to test 16-bit x86 software/systems 
you don't need an actual 286. A 386 is just as good for almost all purposes.

Paul




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