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Regarding segments:

In 64 bit mode CS DS SS and ES are still there but forced to 0, but are still around and FS and GS can still be non-0.

In 32 bit mode they still exist and all 6 are functional afaik.



Thanks for the info, I know they existed in 32bit, but didn't know about them in 64-bit

I don't hate segments just because, but because of the whole 64k limitation in 16 bit

(And real mode, and programs fighting for 640k while the machine had 4Mb, etc)




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