minus-squareJoel@lemmy.sdf.orgtoretrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org•Let's peek at the arcane ways of MS-DOS memory management.linkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI vaguely remember when the 386 came out, you could put the processor in protected mode, change the data segment register size to 32 bit, and when you changed back, you could use 32 bit offsets for data. I’m forgetting many details, been awhile! linkfedilink
minus-squareJoel@lemmy.sdf.orgtoretrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org•HP 200 LXlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNice! I wonder if any Tandy 2000 has survived, also 80186 based. linkfedilink
I vaguely remember when the 386 came out, you could put the processor in protected mode, change the data segment register size to 32 bit, and when you changed back, you could use 32 bit offsets for data. I’m forgetting many details, been awhile!