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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth |
| Date | 2025-08-29 10:50 +0100 |
| Organization | A little, after lunch |
| Message-ID | <108rt5m$1taci$8@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <20250721093237.0000674f@gmail.com> <108k7rn$e12$4@news.misty.com> <108l4vk$77t$1@gal.iecc.com> <slrn10au66r.1nq20.als@frodo.angband.thangorodrim.de> <k5csQ.392033$jMMa.388290@fx09.iad> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 29/08/2025 07:50, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-08-27, Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> wrote: > >> I haven't tried Unix on 8086, but DOS on x86 essentially relied on applications >> being reasonably correct and not too buggy. Having the reset button conveniently >> accessible was effectively a requirement for any DOS PC ;-) > > Unfortunately, at about that time the reset button vanished (probably due > to the DMCA or whatever preceded it). > >>> That would require instructions that the C compiler >>> didn't generate. >> >> That claim "would require instructions that the C compiler didn't generate" >> is just not true. Without memory protection, there are plenty of ways to crash >> the system - e.g. overwriting the operating system code due to a bug in an >> application. > > If you didn't want to live entirely in a 64K segment, though, you probably > told your C compiler to generate code for the various larger memory modules, > which gave you the ability to scribble over the entire 640K (plus system > storage). > Wasn't there a 64k data and 64k code model as well? And possibly a 64K stack as well though that was a pain with C. . -- WOKE is an acronym... Without Originality, Knowledge or Education.
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Re: Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-26 13:13 +0100
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Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-29 06:50 +0000
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Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-09-01 08:01 -0700
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