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From: chasm@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Charles Marslett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix virtual memory
Summary: growable stacks on the 286
Message-ID: <10162@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 12 Nov 89 23:28:55 GMT
References: <1989Nov6.070745.273@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <5820010@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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Growable stacks have been usable with 286's for a long time (5 years, I would
guess), but because the "new" die with the fix in it was not as fast as the
older one, IBM and most of the "quality" clone vendors kept using the old part
until quite recently (for IBM I think the threshold was the release of the PS/2
boxes).  If I remember correctly, the fixed parts are step D and later.

Charles [disclaim the h**l outa it!] Marslett
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