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hakfoo on Aug 13, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Area 5150: 8088 MPH gets a successor

A lot of early hard disc controllers used segment C800 for BIOS extensions. Other adaptors could map into the Dxxx and Exxx ranges.

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