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| Date: | Tue, 15 Oct 1996 15:29:56 +0200 (IST) | 
| From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> | 
| To: | Chris Waters <design AT netcom DOT com> | 
| Cc: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com | 
| Subject: | Re: Pointers | 
| In-Reply-To: | <designDzBCxp.M7x@netcom.com> | 
| Message-Id: | <Pine.SUN.3.91.961015152842.20186B-100000@is> | 
| Mime-Version: | 1.0 | 
On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Chris Waters wrote: > Far pointers are *stored* in 32 bits (and indeed, I said that). But > they are only 24 bit pointers, with the bits stored redundantly, so that Real-mode far pointers are 20 bits wide, not 24 bits: 2^20 = 1MByte.
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