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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