From: joemonk64@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 1:41:20 PM UTC-5, Joe Monk wrote:   
   > > No. Right from boot time, you are required to load the stack   
   > > segment, as there is no guarantee that that is set to a sensible   
   > > value. Nor is DS.   
   > Says who?   
   >   
   > At power on, the processor begins execution from location 0xFFFF0. So, if my   
   program can execute in 64k, then I dont need to do anything with loading   
   segment registers.   
   >   
      
   And BTW, if you go look at the original PC BIOS, you will see that it executes   
   without loading any segment registers...   
      
   Joe   
      
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