From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   Can the a.out format cope with medium and   
   compact memory models where code pointers   
   and data pointers are different sizes?   
      
   I'm thinking it doesn't matter for object code   
   where you could use a 32-bit address for both.   
      
   When used as an executable format, I'm thinking   
   it will also work. Normally you're only supposed   
   to update 2 bytes (the segment). E.g.   
      
   mov ax,DGROUP   
      
   can only cope with 2 bytes being fixed up.   
      
   But all references are like that - just segments.   
      
   So if the a.out executable has a 32-bit address   
   of the 2 bytes that need to be fixed, the loader   
   just needs to know that the offset, if it exists   
   at all, is already correct, so only update the   
   segment portion.   
      
   It's all very hazy still.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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