Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!speaker.umcp-cs@udel-relay From: speaker.umcp-cs%udel-relay@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Re 8086: Good thing come in - (nf) Message-ID: <2969@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Jul-83 20:09:51 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2969 Posted: Sun Jul 10 20:09:51 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jul-83 05:57:58 EDT Lines: 16 From: Speaker-To-Animalsthe 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