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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.   
      
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