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Bart Huylebroeck wrote in a message to Tom Torfs:
 BH>> It means Gate Segment, and it's a protected-mode register.
 TT> Where did you read that ? GS is perfectly usable in real mode, too.
 BH> In the very "PC Intern 4". My mind *may* be cheating on me,
 BH> ofcourse, but I really thougt it was.
 BH> Probably you can access it in Real mode to make sure it has the
 BH> right value BEFORE you switch to protected mode, and can therefore
 BH> be used as a general segment register ?
GS can always be used as a general segment register, as can FS. Of course it 
requires a 386 CPU or better.
greetz,
Tom
tomtorfs@mail.dma.be
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