8086 (was Re: more talking to the press.)

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Fri Nov 14 13:58:35 2003

On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 05:45, Eric Smith wrote:

Hans wrote:

> The value of the segment has no meaning - why do people
> always waste their time in calculateing 'real' addresses?
> I don't care for that on a /370, nor on a PDP 11, so why
> should I do so on my PC?


/* Fill a block of memory with 0's. */

void foofill (start, end)
{
char *start, *end; /* memory pointers */

        while (start < end) { /* until we reach the end... */
                *start++= 0; /* write 0, incr pointer... */
        }
}
Received on Fri Nov 14 2003 - 13:58:35 GMT