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From: berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren)
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Subject: Re: Comparing 486 to 386 Systems
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Date: 15 Apr 91 18:40:36 GMT
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References: <1991Apr7.033635.18412@agate.berkeley.edu> <1991Apr11.001619.6952@holos0.uucp> <1991Apr11.073556.9556@agate.berkeley.edu> <1991Apr14.163703.4175@jwt.UUCP>
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john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:

>In article <1991Apr11.073556.9556@agate.berkeley.edu> c60b-1eq@e260-1e.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson) writes:
>>>But the point being made was that 16-bit addressing really cripples you.
>>
>>On a 286?  24 bits.

>No, 16 bits is all you can address in one chunk.  That's what's really
>crippling.

  Well, yeah. That's true. Now to find whose neck to wring :->

-e.b.

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