From: alexfrunews@nospicedham.gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 11:23:06 AM UTC-8, Paul Edwards wrote:   
   > I have code like this:   
   ...   
   > mov bx, offset handler0   
   > mov es:[0h], bx   
   > mov bx, seg handler0   
   > mov es:[02h], bx   
   ...   
   > as86 uses 16-bit a.out format, and I'm not sure it can   
   > handle a reference to just "seg". ie half of an address   
   > being fixed up (I think that's what it does).   
   >   
   > Is there a better way of writing this code, more in line   
   > with the simple a.out format?   
   >   
   > Is it:   
   >   
   > addr0 dd handler0   
   >   
   > And then do an les of that?   
      
   I don't recall the a.out format supporting segmentation.   
      
   I found my way around the similar problem with the ELF   
   format by simply using 32-bit physical addresses,   
   which are then decomposed into 16-bit segment and   
   16-bit offset pairs whenever necessary.   
      
   Alex   
      
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