Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!spool.mu.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!primerd!tiger1!efeustel From: efeustel@prime.com (Ed Feustel) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Segmented Architectures ( formerly Re: 48-bit computers) Message-ID: Date: 29 Mar 91 13:04:25 GMT References: <1991Mar21.164242.886@sj.nec.com> <6862@auspex.auspex.com> <91087.162130DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu> Lines: 2 Nntp-Posting-Host: tiger1 The BiiN architecture used 32 bits for segments + protection info and 32 bits as a byte offset.