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From: nathan@orstcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: M68000 vs. 8086/iAPX 286
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Date: Fri, 18-May-84 22:49:00 EDT
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Nf-From: orstcs!nathan    May  4 18:49:00 1984

RE: An Architectural Contrast 68000 vs x86

There can be no rebuttal.  I have spoken.

Call up your Motorola rep today; they're quite enthusiastic
about sending out that particular document.  It is very enlightening,
and contains only one blooper (that I could find).

The blooper is the non-mention of their MMU (which is considered
by one and most to be an abortion...but still better than the one
in a '286).  They also carefully skirted mention of the NS16000.

The discussion of software/operating system portability, if read
carefully, should be matter for hearty laughter (unless, of course,
you just designed in some intel junk...)

-orstcs!nathan