Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!udel!haven!umbc3!battle From: battle@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Rick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Pure speculation re:80586 Message-ID: <3907@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> Date: 11 Sep 90 18:49:10 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: Univ of Maryland Baltimore County Lines: 12 For your entertainment; The 80386 can run in the virtual 8086 mode. Is it outrageous to assume that Intel may build the 80586 to run in the virtual 80386 mode? If so, each session could address 16 Meg of RAM and with a fast enough cpu clock, one computer could be a workstation and a file server, IE. Novell, all at the same time. Any comments?