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From: rde@ukc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: 286 protected virtual address mode
Message-ID: <2386@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 27-Jan-87 03:13:03 EST
Article-I.D.: eagle.2386
Posted: Tue Jan 27 03:13:03 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 28-Jan-87 23:09:48 EST
References: <4207@utah-cs.UUCP> <1606@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Reply-To: rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager)
Organization: U of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK
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Keywords: 80286 assembler

In article <1606@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> sns@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Samuel N. Southard) writes:
>The assembler will, of course, only support the mode that it can access. 
 ......

A  sweeping statement! What about someone who's developing a stand alone
application using DOS as a development system? They'll  need  access  to
all the opcodes (potentially).

Obviously Microsoft agree. Version 4 (and 3, I believe) of MASM supports
all  286  mnemonics,  although there is an assembler directive to enable
the privileged ones, so the average programmer doesn't use them  without
meaning to.
-- 
           Bob Eager

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