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Subject: Re: Re 8086: Good thing come in - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 10-Jul-83 20:09:51 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 10 20:09:51 1983
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From:  Speaker-To-Animals 

	the 8086 and its ilk are just a pain to use if you have LARGE
	data structures...
	
Ah...and what if your data structure is a colour graphics board?
Now you REALLY have fun.  Either you must anticipate where the
bounarys will occur or you must test the offset pointer to
make sure you havn't run over into the next segment!

BLECH!

					"And you thought Z8000
					 was grody!"

					- Speaker