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From: Damian Yerrick <DELCAPSyerricde AT pineight DOT 8mSOFTWARE DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Just a few questions
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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:15:03 GMT
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On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 03:35:56 GMT,
DavMac AT iname DOT com (Davin McCall) wrote:

>8 >8 >8 
(discussion about how 16-bit "tiny" and 32-bit "flat" models are both
"CS and DS point to the same segment" models.)

> Your points about the tiny model and flat model being essentially the
> same thing are correct, but I still maintain that the 16-bit version
> is called "tiny" and the 32-bit version is called "flat". This
> division is somewhat arbitrary, that I'll grant, but there are reasons
> for it. It will only serve to confuse by calling the "flat" model
> "tiny".
> 
> I for one would feel much less concerned if you wanted to call the
> tiny model "flat". To call the flat model "tiny", at this point in
> time, seems rather unnatural.

So, if "flat" is the general term, why not call the models
flat-32 and tiny?

> my programming page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~davmac/
I'll check it out.

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Damian Yerrick
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