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Subject: Re: How do I get this to work??
Date: 1999/01/10
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robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com wrote in message
<77abdp$d5e$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...

<snip>

>For more details on the segmentation mechanism in the x86,
>and in particular the interesting history of how it came
>about, read chapters 2-3 in my Microprocessors book
>(Microprocessors: A Programmer's View, McGraw Hill 1990).
>Interestingly, although this book is quite old now, most
>of it is still quite up to date. It is really only the EPIC
>introduction that will make it out of date :-)


Recommended reading, still.

You'll be pleased to hear, I'm sure, that the Intel chapter has been
read extensively by some of the individuals involved with the emulator
for the Space Station on-board processor (for the Station training
simulator).