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Eduard, >> 80386 is very different than 8088 (or 8086,80186 or 82086). well, I see no significantly bigger differences between the 80386 and 8088 (or 8086, 80186, or 80286) than between the 68030 and 68000 (or 68000, 68010, or 68020). Of course, the 80386 was a progress over the 80286, not only as it introduced 32-bit registers, but as you could switch back from protected mode to real mode. And you may redefine the segment size. >> DOS is the problem […] I absolutely agree. But, there are OSes like OS2 and Windows NT available for quite awhile now, that dont't have the problems of DOS (beeing non-reentrant, requests real mode). So why do you think the user base and developers did not simply switch to that OSes but continue to write DOS applications ? – wkc – … via AP from Hamburg, Germany