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   mutazilah@gmail.com to Joe Monk   
   Re: segmentation   
   15 Nov 22 17:29:54   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 8:18:25 AM UTC+8, Joe Monk wrote:   
   > > But in the meantime, I realized there is already a mainframe    
   > > concept of "AMODE ANY".    
   > >    
   > > That concept was introduced when there was only 24 and 31    
   > > to choose from.    
   > >    
   > > I have created emulated hardware that is AMODE 32 and    
   > > IBM has since created AMODE 64.   
   > A public service announcement from the hercules development team:    
   >    
   > "Hercules is NOT a hardware emulator. Hercules emulates three different   
   ARCHITECTURES. Yes, those architectures have been implemented by hardware from   
   multiple hardware vendors. So, the argument that because hardware worked a   
   certain way dictates how    
   Hercules should operate does not conform to Hercules design objective."    
      
   I have no idea what that means, and regardless, the emulated   
   hardware I created is not called Hercules and does not follow   
   any such rule that I am aware of.   
      
   Let me try to get that requested code now.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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