18 Sep
1998
18 Sep
'98
4:18 a.m.
At 10:54 AM 18/09/98 -0500, you wrote:
The 386 was important, but not because of performance.
Virtual memory,
flat 32-bit address space, and V86 mode were all essential to the success
Intel x86 series have anything _but_ a flat 32 bit address space! The flat
memory model is one of the positive features of the 68K series. I taught a
computer architecture course a couple of summers ago and one of the most
challenging parts of the course was explaining the addressing schemes used
on the 386 and above.
Kevin
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