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   mutazilah@gmail.com to Joe Monk   
   Re: PDOS/86   
   16 Jul 21 12:19:08   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 1:25:31 AM UTC+10, Joe Monk wrote:   
      
   > In long mode, the processor forces cs, ds, es and ss to 0.   
      
   Without segments, I can't think of any way to run   
   16-bit programs unless they are tiny memory   
   model.   
      
   Is that what "CM16" is reduced to?   
      
   Thanks. Paul.   
      
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