Subj : Re: RP2350 and Pico 2 - things missing To : Ahem A Rivet's Shot From : Charlie Gibbs Date : Fri Aug 23 2024 17:49:42 On 2024-08-23, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:17:56 +0100 > The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> 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. Not if you were stuck programming for MS-DOS or Windows, unfortunately. -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | We'll go down in history as the \ / | first society that wouldn't save X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | itself because it wasn't cost- / \ if you read it the right way. | effective. -- Kurt Vonnegut --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .