On 01/04/2018 12:00 PM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
This may be off-topic but these latest uprocessor
exploits has raised
a question: Are the 'old/classic' uprocessors using x86 technology in
the same boat? The very earliest ones, i.e., 1970s and early 80's.
probably not. How many are actually in use and/or on the Net?
No, these did not have a translation lookaside buffer or
memory management.
In fact, they mostly all ran in real mode, no protection.
Jon