C and x86 real-mode works just fine, why would it not? Yes, the segmented model is a bit of a pain but totally doable and it's not just a problem when programmi

C and x86 real-mode works just fine, why would it not? Yes, the segmented model is a bit of a pain but totally doable and it's not just a problem when programming C but also x86 Assembler, Pascal, etc. Even in Q(uick)Basic you won't get around it once you start to do more advanced system things. http://alexfru.narod.ru/os/c16/c16.html http://alexfru.narod.ru/os/c16/c16.html But indeed, we were all glad when the 32bit flat model was introduced with the 386.