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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.   
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   wolfgang   
      
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