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1. rossju+27[view] [source] 2025-12-06 01:46:36
>>embedd+(OP)
Some of those crazy instructions were used for copy protection, back in the day. Those mystery page boundary overflows were entertaining.
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2. embedd+C7[view] [source] 2025-12-06 01:53:17
>>rossju+27
Aah, that's much better and more realistic than my previous assumption that they were "government instructions", something used in the military and similar more secretive contexts, but I suppose they didn't use off-the-shelves components perhaps like today.
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