the 64K limit... i'm not exactly sure what you mean, but I think you may mean real mode... not protected mode.  you can look up the source code for p-mode on ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/programming/pmode
and look through the "jump to protected mode" portion.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ross [mailto:rossio@hoeftd.reno.nv.us]
Sent: January 31, 2000 10:55 Am
To: openbios@elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de
Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] ROM-Emulators

Do anyone out there know how I can get around the 64k limit of
a self booting floopy disk? I know up to 40k of data on the floppy.

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> From: Winter Jörg <joerg.winter@disch-gmbh.de>
> To: openbios@elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de
> Subject: [OpenBIOS] ROM-Emulators
> Date: Monday, January 31, 2000 1:05 AM
>
>
>
> > ----------
> > Von: Edwin Rhodes[SMTP:edwin_rhodes@hotmail.com]
> > Antwort an: openbios@freiburg.linux.de
> > Gesendet: Montag, 31. Januar 2000 02:26
> > An: openbios@elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de
> > Betreff: Re: [OpenBIOS] Fine.
> >
> > can i have a copy of this rom-emulator?
> > thanks edwin
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Winter Jörg <joerg.winter@disch-gmbh.de>
> > To: <openbios@elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 10:50 AM
> > Subject: [OpenBIOS] Fine.
> >
> I´m sorry, but a copy of my ROM-Emulator would not be what you expext ...
>
> I was not talking about Software. The Emulator is a little piece of Hardware
> that I bought. It is intended to be inserted into a standard 32 Pin
> Jedec-Memory Socket. Then you download a 64k image via the parallel port of
> any PC into this Hardware. You press reset at the board and it boots ...
> well sometimes ...
>
> If you are interested in such an Hardware try th e following urls as a
> start:
>
> www.hed.de  (they make tools for embedded and microcontrol. I once talked to
> their Boss and got the impression that they are really good!)
>
> www.embedded-tools.de (they have a modular Emulator called PromJet. Its able
> to act like rom/ram/flash up to 16Mbit and 32Bit Words. Furthermore it can
> handle operating voltages from 2 to 5V. It also has an ethernet plug ...)
>
> Well this is not an advertisement ... I did not test these devices but they
> seem interesting to me ...
>
> > eMail: mailto:Joerg.Winter@Disch-GmbH.de
> >
> >
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