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Subject: Re: Address bits again, Article on new mainframe use
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:19:25 +0300
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 07:19:33 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:24:24 -0700, Lars Poulsen wrote:
>=20
> > On 9/11/2024 4:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: =20
> >>
> >> Big segments versus small segments are quite different things. =20
> >=20
> > Segments do different things. The aspect of segments that I liked
> > in the 80286 ... =20
>=20
> I wasn=E2=80=99t talking about x86-style =E2=80=9Csegmentation=E2=80=9D, =
which was just a
> hack to extend the address space in an awkward way. I was talking
> about segments within a linear address space (and I assumed Mitch
> was, too).

x86 Real mode segmentation is a hack to the address space. 80286
protected mode segmentation is something else. The only similarity
between the two is maximal size of segment is the same.