Subj : Re: RP2350 and Pico 2 - things missing To : The Natural Philosopher From : Ahem A Rivet's Shot Date : Fri Aug 23 2024 11:12:41 On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:17:56 +0100 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 22/08/2024 11:57, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:00:26 +0100 > I don't recall them ever appearing in C source. They are not part of the > C language. No they are not - but they did appear as extensions in every 8086/80286 compiler I ever used. > AIR you could compile for 'small model' or 'large model' There were several models available (tiny had one segment shared for code and data, small had separate code and data then there were mixed small code large data and vice versa). These set the memory mapping and the default sizes of pointers but the near and far keywords could override those defaults in some models. It was *horrible*, the 80386 was a breath of fresh air. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/ For forms of government let fools contest Whate're is best administered is best - Alexander Pope --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .