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From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Expanded vs. Extended mnemonic.
Message-ID: <1527@micomvax.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 88 23:22:55 GMT
References: <36835@clyde.ATT.COM> <42393@linus.UUCP>
Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn)
Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada
Lines: 19

In article <42393@linus.UUCP> jcmorris@mbunix (Morris) writes:
>In article <36835@clyde.ATT.COM> rjs@moss.ATT.COM writes:
>>
>> [extended=long/thin, expanded=short/fat mnemonic discussion]
>
>Another one I've seen on the net which helps me is:
>
>exTended: what you get with an AT.  Memory is available as normal, DOS-
>managed address space.  Available only on '286 and higher systems.....

Available on '286 and higher only but *NOT* DOS-managed!!!!!!

Why is 9 lines of (incorrect) explanation a better *mnemonic* than what was
quoted?
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