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|    mutazilah@gmail.com to Joe Monk    |
|    Re: segmentation    |
|    24 Oct 22 06:29:10    |
      From: muta...@gmail.com              On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 6:52:50 PM UTC+8, Joe Monk wrote:       > > That sounds like the rules for the tiny and small memory models.       > > Medium, large and huge memory models necessarily need to load       > > segment registers. Huge even needs to manipulate them.              > The 8086 doesnt support "memory models", because it is a single-thread       processor, just like C is a single threaded language.              I don't know what that actually means.              Memory models are something that mathematically arise from       the concept of segmentation.              The 8086 is segmented, ergo a full suite of memory models.              BFN. Paul.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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