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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 16:31:24 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Subject: Re: How to convert a selector into a pointer?
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Sahab Yazdani wrote:
> 
> [SNIPPY-TY-SNIP]
> > > This technique is highly unportable and is the way to do the stuff that
> > Watcom lets you do with pointers in 32-bit DOS mode that wouldn't be
> > prudent in a gcc-based compiler. It effectively changes the segment
> > limit of your program to 0xFFFFFFFF, so that all memory becomes
> > addressable. It also lets you accidentally take down the computer if
> What do you mean *take down*, like totally destroy it or just make it
> hang??

Probably just the latter, but disk corruption is a possibility (you can
scribble all over memory, and among the many things that usually reside
in memory is a disk cache).

Flames bursting out of the monitor is rather less likely, however.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com