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|    mutazilah@gmail.com to anti...@math.uni.wroc.pl    |
|    Re: 6502    |
|    28 Nov 22 07:27:03    |
      From: muta...@gmail.com              On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 9:18:18 PM UTC+8, anti...@math.uni.wroc.pl       wrote:              > Concerning segmentation: there is important difference,       > in 6502 nas STM8 when you want you can use long addresses       > giving you flat address space (without need for extra       > code to nomalize pointers in huge model). And when it       > is enough you use shorter addresses. Much easier for       > programmer or compiler than 8086 segmentation.              If the 8086+ had 16-bit segment shifts instead of 4,       would that still be considered segmentation, or       would it be considered flat like the 6502?              Thanks. Paul.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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