From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 11:24:28 AM UTC+8, Joe Monk wrote:   
   > > The correct answer, as far as I can tell, is that these people   
   > > did not see a problem with hardcoding the number 4.   
   > >   
   > That doesnt make sense.   
   >   
   > You load a segment register with 16 bits. You load an address   
   > register with 16 bits. The processor turns that into a 20-bit address.   
   >   
   > What did the coding in MS-DOS have anything to do with it?   
      
   Let's say NEC had produced an 8086+ with 5-bit segment shifts,   
   on a newer chip with more address pins available.   
      
   Would MSDOS have run perfectly fine, with a new limit of 2 MB   
   instead of 1 MB?   
      
   If not, why not?   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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