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

[Nigel Horne <njh@bandsman.co.uk>]

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Paul Brook wrote:
>>> 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.

How does that address my issue?

> Paul

-Nigel

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