The Previous Chapter
As background material, this chapter provided a very basic introduction to the problems that a multitask OS must be prepared to deal with.
This Chapter
This chapter provides a detailed description of the processor's operation when in Real Mode. This description also applies to all IA32 processors subsequent to the 386 processor.
The Next Chapter
This chapter provides a basic introduction to the following topics: Segmentation, Virtual Memory Paging, IO Protection, Privilege Levels, Virtual 8086 Mode, Task Switching and Interrupt Handling.
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