[comp.sys.intel] How to tell a 286 from a 386

@hitech.ht.oz.au (09/11/90)

Can anybody offer suggestions on how a program can determine if it is running
on an 80286 or an 80386 WITHOUT setting up an illegal instruction trap?

Please e-mail responses (no incoming news at present).

Thanks.
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