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|    wolfgang kern to Rod Pemberton    |
|    Re: PDOS/86    |
|    14 Jul 21 07:17:18    |
      From: nowhere@never.at              On 14.07.2021 05:46, Rod Pemberton wrote:              >>> How can it be an alias on an 8086?              >> would need to remove several layers of dust from my collection       >> of Intel books to check if it is mentioned at all.       >> the code 0x60..group could be alias for 0x70.. or 0x50..       >> similar to 0x82 which is (was until 2000) an alias for 0x80              > That would be interesting to know for sure, as I've not noticed that       > set of aliases mentioned anywhere.              They were never documented by the vendors, but back then (1995) when I       wrote my value tracking code analyzer as part of disassembler and       debugger I tested all code variants and found _some_ alias on +486.       sorry for I lost my handwritten notes on it due a water disaster.       Meanwhile sandpile.org show new usage of many opcodes, but there are       still a lot doubles left undocumented especially in the 0Fxx groups.       __       wolfgang              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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