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Subject: Re: memory protection

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 07:05:40 01/10/02

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On January 10, 2002 at 09:10:56, David Rasmussen wrote:

>On January 10, 2002 at 09:03:18, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>another question from this low-level illiterate :)
>>
>>Under win2000pro and under winXPHome, how well is the memory protected ? Because
>>sometimes when I test my program against other engines the other engines or
>>winboard crash. I wonder whether my program can cause that, and how likely it
>>is.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Georg
>
>The OS is not responsible for the memory protection, the processor is. So memory
>is as well protected in Windows 2000 as it is in, say, Linux.

Ahem.

The OS must make use of those features of course.

Putting DOS on an Athlon XP won't give you memory protection.

--
GCP



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