Everything about Program Segment Prefix

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Program Segment PrefixA 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: TCP/IP IllustratedThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Go sideways: DOS MZ executableA closely related topic
4. Go sideways: Zero page (CP/M)A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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📚 Books worth reading

• TCP/IP IllustratedW. Richard Stevens, Kevin R. Fall · 1993
• Pearls of functional algorithm designBird, Richard · 2010

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