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to: BRIAN MCCLOUD
from: IVAN SHULEV
date: 1997-04-15 15:01:00
subject: FS and GS registers

     Hi, Brian!
þ Thursday April 10 1997 05:40, Brian McCloud => Tim Hutzler :
 TH>> Pop quiz time.
 TH>> What is the purpose of the FS and GS registers?
 BM> I think I know what they stand for:
 BM> FS = Far Selector
 BM> GS = Global Selector
 BM> And I think they may have something to do with protected mode, but I
 BM> don't know what... I haven't really done much PM programming...
    I think it's the Special for English Alphavite and no more:
ES
FS
GS
and so on.
              WBR, Ivan
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