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That was windows "enhanced mode", when running on 386. 286 could not return to real mode, once entering protected mode (by design; a way was found later by rese
by vetinari 3y ago
That was windows "enhanced mode", when running on 386. 286 could not return to real mode, once entering protected mode (by design; a way was found later by resetting the cpu) and had no vm86 mode. 386 had these features, and by the time of windows 3.0 release it was popular enough, so they could be used.
- Narishma 3y agoNo, even without those 386 features, Windows 3.0 did introduce a new memory system that allowed Windows applications to more easily use up to 16MB of RAM IIRC.