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* LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI
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On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Nikhil Joshi wrote:
> When reset, 386 points to a default location in PROM. ( the
> location is FFFF0H note: for 8086 compatibility 16 bit address)
^^^^^^
oops..
actually it is 20 bit address
8086 can handle 20 bit address by converting 16 bit address to 20 bit
internally.
8086 has 20 address pins ==> it can address 1 MB memory
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Nikhil
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