Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 20:40:45 -0700
From: Steve VanDevender <stevev AT miser DOT uoregon DOT edu>
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: memxxx(), Duff's Device, etc.

"Chris Mr. Tangerine Man Tate" writes:
 > On a related note, I'm curious about the Intel architecture.  Specifically,
 > I'd like to know:
 > 
 > a) Does it have odd-address access restrictions?

No.  Words and doublewords can be read or written from odd
addresses.

 > b) Are accesses on longword (4 byte) boundaries faster than word bounds?

Yes.