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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: 386 Family Products
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Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 14:42:11 EST
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> The 386 segmentation registers give *additional* functionality over
> say, the 680x0.

Useless additional functionality.  Tailfins.

> The 386 segmentation registers do *not* decrease functionality or
> ease of use, as they did on the 8086.

True, since virtually everyone will run "small model" on the 386, i.e.
ignoring the segmentation almost completely.