From: paulc@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Paul Carroll)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 15:01:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Need help in porting 8088/286 assembly code to 386.
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> Well, if the code uses segments extensively you can expect as much as a
> factor of 10 slowdown because of the extra costs involved in doing
> segment calculations. We have code here that runs slower on the 386
> than on the 286 because of this.
> -- 
> Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
> Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"

	Was this a 286 running in real-mode or protected?
	I would expect it was the former...
	Still, interesting.

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