[db48x]

Is the author surprised by that, or did you just misread it? The only relevant quote on that page that I see is “It is impressive to see Quake run at full speed knowing that Windows 95 runs DOS executable in a virtual machine.”

He is perhaps surprised that it runs _at speed_ in the VM, not that it runs in the VM which he already knows about.

[maybewhenthesun]

I mean VM86 is not really a VM in the modern sense of the word. And the author doesn't seem to know.

[rasz]

That and the fact Quake doesnt run in VM85 mode, it explicitly runs in _protected_.

[maybewhenthesun]

That as well, yes.