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From: David_Wright@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Portability
Message-ID: <9105231120.AA92726@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org>
Date: 17 May 91 18:02:00 GMT
Reply-To: David_Wright@p4.f905.n153.z1.fidonet.org (David Wright)
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Comment-To: Chris_Graham@p4.f905.n153.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Graham)


 CG>  > DW:   OS/2 2.0 is meant to be 386 specific, so there will never
 CG>  > DW: be 286 support.  However, thanks to the multithreaded nature
 CG>  > DW: of OS/2, I expect to see a multi-processor version in the 
 CG> future.
 CG>  > DW:  Multiple 386's, that is.
 CG> 
 CG> Although possible, a multi processor 586 machine is more feasable. Up 

  What I meant there is a homogeneous multi-processor system of 386s, or 
derivatives of such.  Primarily to exclude previous members of the 80x86 
family.  It was not meant to exclude other processor families either, I just 
figure the first multi-processor OS/2 will use Intel chips.  If not 386/486/
586, then perhaps 860s.

                Dave


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