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   mutazilah@gmail.com to muta...@gmail.com   
   Re: small memory model   
   17 Apr 22 10:52:45   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, April 18, 2022 at 3:23:38 AM UTC+10, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > data and stack segments? These are located at   
   > fixed, consecutive locations in the executable. Why   
   > can't the startup code just set ds and ss to those   
   > fixed offsets from cs?   
      
   I guess this is a simple form of self-relocation, and   
   any memory model can be used to produce a .com   
   file so long as you do your own relocation?   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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