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From: kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker)
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Subject: Re: Re: 386 Family Products
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 04:25:00 EST
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> You can do that perfectly well with a paging machine, given a decent MMU
> design; you don't need the silly segments.  That's pretty much how shared-
> 				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology

or as, you can do most anything with most anything, I mean, even the VAX
doesn't have referenced bits in their page tables, yes?  Hardware that is
there can make some operations easier and faster, and I think you'd have to put
segments in this area.
-- 
remember, if you do it yourself, sooner or later you'll need a bigger hammer

Ken Shoemaker, Santa Clara, Ca.
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---the above views are personal.