Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!ucsd!nosc!baron!ryptyde!dant From: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: 680x0 vs 80x86 Message-ID: <92@ryptyde.UUCP> Date: 22 Jun 91 10:02:03 GMT Reply-To: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) Organization: Ryptyde Timesharing (ryptyde.cts.com) Lines: 6 "Are you suggesting that the unified cache is a limitation designed to ensure MS-DOS compatibility? How would a split cache break MS-DOS?" This probably has something to do with the fact that the 80x86 has general-purpose registers, as opposed to seperate address and data registers, right? This would at least make it harder to impliment?