[fpc-pascal](no subject)

[Kuba Ober]

> So in 32 bit architecture a pointer is only a 32 bit offset, isn't it?
> Adressed from 0 to XXXX Bytes...
Nope, as I said, it's selector AND offset taken together. You need both.

>
> But how does the OS and the CPU handle the "protected" memory blocks? In 16
> bit with selectors, the selectors were a value to an table that stored data
> of the blocks, how they were protected, if its a code segment or a data
> segment, etc. etc.
> how is this done in 32 bit?

The selector is still there ;-).
Kuba