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Re: Patents on Microchannel

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From: Charles Marslett
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1989 14:12
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In article <20558@cup.portal.com>, mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
> Also, in a recent interview with Jones of Chips and Technologies, he said
> any potential cloner of the 386 processor would have to deal with a few
> Intel patents related to protected mode.  Can someone tell me what the
> patent numbers for the patents on the 386 are?

I am sure one is the '286 one-way door into protected mode (everyone would
be using that if it were not patented, I am quite sure!)

Charles Marslett
chasm@attctc.dallas.tx.us
[Note: I know nothing about Intel's patents, but this has to be worth at
least the bandwidth for the smileys!]
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From: chasm@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Charles Marslett)
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Subject: Re: Patents on Microchannel
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Date: 19 Jul 89 14:12:18 GMT
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