16 Nov
2024
16 Nov
'24
11:14 p.m.
On 11/16/24 15:43, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote:
Think of how much better the state of the
microprocessor
would be IBM had chosen the 68000 Linear Architecture
rather than the 8086 Segment:Offset with separate I/O
instructions and only 1 interrupt architecture.
I don't mean to start a huge architecture argument so
please don't flame me.
Well, it is all historical. The 8086 was an extension of a
familiar instruction set.
They SHOULD have started with a clean sheet, of course.
Now, the X86 is a complete pile of barnacles.
Jon