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ChipsHackadayabout 1 hour ago
8086 Memory Segments ReconsideredBillPg reevaluates the 8086 memory segment design for a fantasy 1980s home computer. Segments provided multiple 64K spaces to maintain 8080/Z80 compatibility while expanding addressable memory. Overlapping addresses emerged from chip implementation, not intent. Later processors turned segments into memory block keys, but developers already treated them as large pointers.
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