tim@ism780c.UUCP (11/22/86)
On a 286, a selector has 13 bits of index, two bits of protection information, and a bit that tells if it is local or global. Why is the index in the high order bits instead of the low order bits? It seems to me that if the index had been put in the low order bits, then one could simulate a linear address space by making consecutive segments be 64k, thus getting rid of the biggest objection most people have to the 286. -- emordnilapanalpanama Tim Smith USENET: sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim Compuserve: 72257,3706 Delphi or GEnie: mnementh