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For questions specifically regarding the Intel 8086 16-bit microprocessor

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Why are these DOS console drivers wasting precious bytes?

So my question is: Why did the programmer(s) not write the shortest code possible in an OS that is confined to conventional memory? Because they had deadlines, other things to work on and "good enou …
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Z80 to x86 asm translator?

I'm going to say "No" simply because the 8086 doesn't support the alternate registers of the Z80. That was a fairly important concept that you can not directly mimic on the 8086. … So, a 1:1 Z80 ⟶ 8086 translation could not be done perfectly. …
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