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From: creedy@cca.UUCP (Christopher Reedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Intialization of comp.sys.intel
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Date: Thu, 13-Nov-86 12:01:38 EST
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> With comp.sys.intel now officially formed I would like to see if there
> is suffcient interest out there to keep it going.

As a starter:

The recent BYTE article on the 80386 and virtualization indicated that
it is not possible to have a 386 completely virtualize itself, as
opposed to virtualizing the 8086 or 80286.  Is this true?  If it is, are
there any rules that operating system developers could follow that would
guarantee that an operating system could be run in virtual mode?

> What I hope that this group does not become is a flaming ground for 68K
> fanatics to expound the Motorola propaganda, or as the standard cross
> posting catagory for comp.sys.ibm.pc.  Questions regarding the programming
> and problems with the pc hopefully will stay in the pc catagory.

Amen.

Chris Reedy, Computer Corporation of America