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   wolfgang kern to aen@nospicedham.spamtrap.com   
   Re: masm 64-bit binary to dq   
   15 Feb 19 09:42:17   
   
   From: nowhere@nospicedham.never.at   
      
   On 15.02.2019 01:21, aen@nospicedham.spamtrap.com wrote:   
   > Hi!   
   >   
   > Why does this:   
   > chars64	dq 1111 10111110 11111011 10111000 00000000b   
   >   
   > give this error in MASM?  The size *is* a quad!   
   > error A2071:initializer magnitude too large for specified size   
      
   perhaps because your bin is 36 bits large ?   
      
   > It works like that:   
   > chars dd 11111011 11101110 11100000 000000b   
   >        dd 111110b   
      
   why are 30 + 6 bits used instead of 2*32 bit here ?   
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