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From:	Peter Berdeklis <peter AT atmosp DOT physics DOT utoronto DOT ca>
Subject:	Re: 32 bit registers
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Date:	Thu, 26 Dec 1996 17:04:36 GMT
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On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
> Perhaps I didn't make myself clear:
> I already know every trick mentioned :)
> I am asking about loading a word DIRECTLY into the high word.
> As in, no shifts, no and's, no or's, nothing.
> Just a simple move.
> I already knew everything everyone said - what I wanted to know was
> whether the high word could be targeted directly.

There is no opcode for referencing the high word of a 32 bit register, 
similar to e.g. ah/al for the low word of eax.

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Peter Berdeklis
Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Toronto

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