On Wed, 22 Dec 2010, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Himself BillG even gave it some happy words (but then,
what products
of Intel didn't he give happy words to?).
He called the 80286 "brain dead"!
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".
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at
xenosoft.com