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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: RP2350 and Pico 2 - things missing
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On 23/08/2024 11:12, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:17:56 +0100
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 22/08/2024 11:57, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>> On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:00:26 +0100
> 
>> I don't recall them ever appearing in C source. They are not part of the
>> C language.
> 
> 	No they are not - but they did appear as extensions in every
> 8086/80286 compiler I ever used.
> 
Dint appea as extensions in ANY of the ones I used.  You compiled for 
small model or for large model.
Small model couldnt exceed 64k program space

>> AIR you could compile for 'small model' or 'large model'
> 
> 	There were several models available (tiny had one segment shared for
> code and data, small had separate code and data then there were mixed small
> code large data and vice versa). These set the memory mapping and the
> default sizes of pointers but the near and far keywords could override
> those defaults in some models.

Not in any compiler I used.

> 
> 	It was *horrible*, the 80386 was a breath of fresh air.
> 
I'll grant you that.


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