He called the 80286 "brain dead"!
Was anything alive on that? ;oD
I remember Gordon Letwin (Microsoft OS/2) describing
switching back and
forth between real and protected mode as being "like having to turn off
your engine to switch gears on the freeway".
Well, that is the way it actually happens...but instead of turning off,
you just disconnect it :)
So, the autohydraulic transmission is the pentium of the cogboxes? :oD