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From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: How is a 68000 as fast as an 80386??
Message-ID: <78@demott.COM>
Date: 16 Mar 90 19:23:18 GMT
References: <25fe3a99@ralf>
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Organization: DeMott Electronics Co., Van Nuys CA
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In article <25fe3a99@ralf> Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU writes:
>[...]  Which 680x0 addresses 8 gigs at once?

    The 68020, 68030, and 68040 can each address 8 different 4GB memory
spaces, including priveleged vs non-privileged, and instruction vs data. 

>Gee, 4 gigabytes per segment looks pretty large and linear to me.... 

    It does to me too.  Unfortunately, almost nobody ever gets to use
the 386 that way.  We're all stuck with real mode. 


kdq
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