Protected Mode - 386 Additions To Protected Mode

386 Additions To Protected Mode

With the release of the 386, the following additional features were added to protected mode:

  • Paging
  • 32-bit physical and virtual address space (The 32-bit physical address space is not present on the 80386SX, and other 386 processor variants which use the older 286 bus.)
  • 32-bit segment offsets
  • Ability to switch back to real mode without resetting
  • Virtual 8086 mode

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