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From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 22:28

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On 2018-01-27, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 20:18:37 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> On 2018-01-27, Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>> I would say that it must have been a good idea, because what the later
>>> x86 did with segment + offset was very nearly the same thing.
>> 
>> The 360's "4k barrier" wasn't nearly as onerous as the x86's 64K
>> barrier; at least the 360's registers could hold a full address.
>
> FSVO full - 24 bits? (until XA)

Yup.  But at least the registers were 32 bits wide, leaving room
for expansion.  On the x86, on the other hand, it was a pain trying
to navigate a 20-bit address space with 16-bit registers.

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