To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: 32 bit registers
Message-ID: <19961221.171924.8327.0.chambersb@juno.com>
References: <59cs4f$58k AT nr1 DOT ottawa DOT istar DOT net>
From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 20:15:45 EST


On 20 Dec 1996 02:02:55 GMT hotpulp AT netidea DOT com writes:
>are the 16 bit registers the lower 16 bits of their 32 bit equivalents
>(ax and eax)? So if I load a value into ax am I really loading a value
>in to eax?
>

Except that the high word is left untouched.
BTW, is it possible to load a value into the high word of a 32bit
register? (cross my fingers... :)

...Chambers