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

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From: David P. Summers
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 20:38

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In article <42dom4$dqj@sashimi.wwa.com>, blackbob@sashimi.wwa.com (G) wrote:

> 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?   
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> 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.

Because they could have designed the OS to just not make those
features available to those platforms.  The 68000 doesn't have
a MMU but System 7.5 will run on it.  You just can't use virtual
memory.

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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 13:38:58 -0700
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