24 Oct
2018
24 Oct
'18
11:31 a.m.
On Oct 24, 2018, at 2:22 PM, ben via cctalk <cctalk
at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 10/24/2018 11:57 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
Single CPU, segmented memory? No. Multiple CPUs (8 or so in my laptop, many more in
servers). Flat 64 bit address space.
It's true that the original 8086 instruction set lives on with all its warts, and many
more added over the years. And yes, I guess that you *can* run them in 32 bit segmented
mode if you're crazy. But that's not how they are actually used. The same
applies to other successful architectures: MIPS, IBM 360. Or programming languages --
consider C for a particularly horrid example, or worse yet C++.
Al is right. You might benefit from some more studying of these subjects.
paul
On 10/24/18 10:53 AM, ben via cctalk wrote:
Am I really, every thing is so backwards compatable with the classic
PC's I don't see much new other than what was hacked on. I have no idea what is in a modern home computer,
but I suspect
it still follows the same design of the IBM PC. Single CPU
with segmented memory and bit of DMA here and there.
Wow...
You are out of touch, aren't you.