Re: Def of a workstation (a lark)

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From: Walter Spector
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 18:11

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One set of critera I use for the PC vs. workstation dividing line is:

	Does it have hardware memory management (so program A can't
	clobber program B)?

	And does the operating system in use enforce this?

The '836 and '486 chips appear to have some capabilities in this respect,
but vanilla MSDOS seems hopeless.

Walt
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