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   Paul,   
      
   > I'm wondering how a C "hello world" could have worked in small   
   > memory model C compiler (any vendor) when the "hello world"   
   > string could come from either a buffer on the stack or a data   
   > variable.   
   >   
   > It somehow magically worked.   
      
   :-) Thats the problem when you use a compiler, it hides a lot of the "magic"   
   from you.   
      
   When using a compiler it just silently switches to the library matching the   
   chosen memory model and "upgrades" your involved pointers accordingly.   
      
   Maybe you can tell your compiler to generate an assembly listing of the   
   program you're compiling, and see how it works ?   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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