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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth |
| Date | 2025-09-03 03:10 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mhpptkF76meU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <V1rsQ.76266$GnW4.51675@fx35.iad> <mhfi0qFfiteU2@mid.individual.net> <qc6cnRIe8Ih4Py_1nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@giganews.com> <mhh5crFnn8kU6@mid.individual.net> <veJtQ.970632$3yJ3.433337@fx16.iad> |
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On Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:22:35 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-08-30, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, 30 Aug 2025 03:06:11 -0400, c186282 wrote: >> >>> Tbe original 8088 had all the needed registers. >>> Could minimum deliver at LEAST an easy 64k code space and at LEAST >>> another 64k data area. A few tricks and ....... >> >> They mostly followed the bank switching the Z80s were doing but >> incorporated the memory management into the processor. After all, the >> i432 was the REAL answer so why get fancy with the Band-Aid. > > "It's a good thing the iAPX432 never took off. Otherwise a totally > horrid Intel architecture might have taken over the world." There truly are worse things than the x86. I think one of the 432 designers had a computer science degree. That's the kiss of death :)
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Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-08-29 17:09 +0000
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-29 19:18 +0100
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-29 23:51 +0000
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-30 05:54 +0000
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-30 03:06 -0400
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-30 08:28 +0100
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-30 05:30 -0400
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-30 11:59 +0100
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-30 08:26 -0400
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-30 20:36 +0000
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-30 20:31 +0000
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-02 21:22 +0000
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-03 03:10 +0000
Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-30 08:13 +0100
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