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Re: Set quarter word mode

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Stephen Boyd wrote:
> I know this is a stupid question, but for the life of me I can't 
> remember how to do this.
> 
> How do you toggle between quarter word mode and third word mode in a 
> user mode program? In Exec mode you would use LPS but how is it 
> accomplished in a user mode program?
> 
> Thanks
> 

I'm retired now - and it's been a while - but there were differences 
between BM and EM/UCS programs.
The BM programs that I wrote usually ran exclusively in quarter-word or 
third-word modes and all I had to do was (I think) " $info 1 3 " or " 
$info 1 5 ".
MASM-only UCS programs were a bit more sporty, there is a method and it 
works reliably but I'd have to look through my old documentation to find it.

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Set quarter word mode Stephen Boyd <sboydlns@gmail.com> - 2026-02-09 14:47 -0500
  Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-02-09 11:56 -0800
    Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Boyd <sboydlns@gmail.com> - 2026-02-09 15:31 -0500
      Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-02-09 23:57 -0800
  Re: Set quarter word mode R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-02-09 21:34 +0100
    Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Boyd <sboydlns@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 09:21 -0500
  Re: Set quarter word mode "Steve J. Martin" <sjmsoft@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 05:53 -0400
    Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Boyd <sboydlns@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 09:24 -0500
    Re: Set quarter word mode Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2026-02-23 13:08 -0800
      Re: Set quarter word mode R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-02-24 09:03 +0100

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