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Article #1546Re: comp.sys.intel (segmentation discussion)
From: phil
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1986 06:02
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1986 06:02
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In article <113@wldrdg.UUCP> tony@wldrdg.UUCP (Tony Andrews) writes:
>Intel representatives (yes, actual employees) have repeatedly stated
>that the 286 is a good UNIX machine, in comparison to 32-bit processors
>like the 68K and 32032. (And if you only support small model, and really
>use it as a 16 bit machine, that's actually true.)
Well, it's no worse than a PDP-11. But I'm not going to defend such
claims. I have actually heard people at my company say similar things.
But they were marketing types, not engineers.
With regard to the high cost of reloading segment registers, maybe
what is needed is the equivalent of what TLBs do in the paging world.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!ucbvax!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: comp.sys.intel (segmentation discussion) Message-ID: <13843@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Nov-86 01:02:38 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.13843 Posted: Sat Nov 22 01:02:38 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Nov-86 03:27:04 EST References: <110@wldrdg.UUCP> <13772@amdcad.UUCP> <111@wldrdg.UUCP> <13801@amdcad.UUCP> <113@wldrdg.UUCP> Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Distribution: na Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 20