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Questionis it technically right to refer programs written for MS-DOS as 16 bit Pin
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Aescleal28-Oct-10 23:41
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It's not a bad description to start with as all DOS programs start life as 16 bit programs. The calling convention for DOS was all real mode and register based so most parameters had to be 16 bit. If you wanted to pass 32 you had to use a structure or pack them in two registers.

However while all DOS programs start execution as 16 bit, by the early 90s most were starting to branch out a bit and would switch to either 16 or 32 bit protected mode fairly quickly, switching back to 16 bit real (or V86) mode when they needed to make system calls. it was a complete rat's nest and you're better off ignoring it unless you're interested in how the whole sorry mess evolved in the name of compatability.

Cheers,

Ash
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