Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: G
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 02:35

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In article <Summers-0309951911020001@arclan-ara-gw-1.arc.nasa.gov>,
David P. Summers <Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.ARC.NASA.gov> wrote:

>We can agrue about what Copland "might" do, but we know what MS "did"
>do.  In the past Apple has supported older machines and there is
>precendent that they will keep older machines running new software.
>MS has never really even tried.

Do  you  understand the limitations of the pre-386 hardware?  The
8086 cannot address more than 1 MB of RAM and the 286 can only do
8  MB  (or  is it 16?).  Neither of them have a MMU.  Both are 16
bit.  Do you want MS to release a severely restricted, memory un-
protected,  16  bit  OS?   That  would be completely unusable.  I
don't believe ANY OS (besides Minix) still supports  the  pre-386
hardware.  Heck, there were OS's released at least five years ago
which required a 386.  Anything earlier just does  not  have  the
features  needed.  Feel frame to flame Intel for this, but I just
don't understand why you think MS is to blame.

Cheers, Terry Murphy

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