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From: ray@othervax.UUCP (Raymond D. Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: 386 Family Products
Message-ID: <741@othervax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 11:43:38 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 13 11:43:38 1985
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Reply-To: ray@othervax.UUCP (Raymond D. Dunn)
Organization: Philips Information Systems - St. Laurent  P.Q., Canada
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Keywords: 8080, 64k, 386
Summary: 

In article <7353@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) responds to my
earlier posting:

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

> You seem to have forgotten the 8086's parent. When compared to the
> 8080, segmentation did not decrease functionality or ease of use
> either. If you wanted to only address 64K as you could on the 8080,
> The 8086 is NOT a 32-bit microprocessor. Stop complaining that it
> doesn't work well as one. Of course it doesn't, it isn't one.
> If you guys keep comparing the 8086 to the 68000, a chip which came
> out a few years later, then I'll compare the 6809 to the 80386.

Phil, you misinterpreted my statement (i.e. I stated it badly).  What
I was *trying* to say was:

"The 386 segmentation registers do *not* decrease functionality or
ease of use compared to other equivalent processors which do not have
these registers, as they did on the 8086 WHEN LIKEWISE COMPARED".

In other words, we agree, and I'm not one of the "you guys" alluded
to!

I *DO* belive it is valid to compare the 8086 with the 68000 however,
if one is comparing the relative merits of two current machines, or
the choice of a processor for a future development.

Ray Dunn.  ..philabs!micomvax!othervax!ray