Yikes, pedantic notes accepted and welcomed. I was the IBM PC/DOS and
OS/2 system test manager where much of this hardware first got
exercised. I should know the 8086 and 80286 like the back of my hand.
Actually, I did once. My memory is truly getting feeble, its address
range is declining and uncorrectable multi-bit errors abound. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Carlos J. Santisteban wrote:
> Hi Chuck and all,
>
> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> No more complicated than 20 bit segmented addressing on an 80286. :-)
>
> <pedantic note from IT teacher>
> The 80286 had indeed 24 bit adressing... the 20-bit segmented addressing was
> a "feature" of the older 8088/8086 -- although it remained available in
> later processors for compatibility reasons.
> </pedantic note from IT teacher>
>
> ;^)
>
> Cheers,
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