Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!transfer!lectroid!bigbootay!dswartz From: dswartz@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Let's pretend Keywords: Intel, 586, windows Message-ID: <3505@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Date: 19 Dec 90 16:00:09 GMT References: <3042@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1990Dec18.082623.16648@kithrup.COM> <15145@ogicse.ogi.edu> <24117@grebyn.com> <9876@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <24124@grebyn.com> Sender: usenet@lectroid.sw.stratus.com Reply-To: dswartz@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber) Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering. Lines: 7 I believe Motorola removed user-mode access to the SR not for any issues of efficiency or compatability, but rather to allow virtual machine support. -- Dan S.