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Re: Segment overrides - TAMS bug???

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From: DJ Delorie
Date: Fri, 03 May 1991 14:46
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In article <1991May3.063740.10187@ugle.unit.no>, rmich@Lise.Unit.NO (Rolf Michelsen) writes:
> I have a problem with TAMS version 2.0. Has anybody tried to use
> segment overrides in any of the string instructions?? I am trying
> to move data from ES:SI to ES:DI with REP MOVS [byte es:si],[di] but 
> did it work? NO :-( As far as I know it is possible to use segment
> overrides for the SI-part of a string instruction. Am I wrong or is
> TAMS wrong?? TAMS does not generate an error when doing this, it simply
> does not output the segment override byte to the object/list file. This
> was assembled in ideal mode...

String instructions do not obey segment overrides.

DJ
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