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Joe Monk to All

Re: segmentation

12 Oct 22 20:24:27

   From: joemonk64@gmail.com   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Joe   
      
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