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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 80x86 numbering (was: 80486)
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Date: 14 Dec 88 13:14:14 GMT
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In article <715@ethz.UUCP>, zu@ethz.UUCP (Urs Zurbuchen) writes:
}The 80486 is rumored to have a virtual 80286 mode as the 80386 has a
}virtual 8086 mode. That's all we waited for, isn't it.

I suppose this means the 80586 will have a virtual 386 mode.  I can see it
now: run Windows/386, VM/386, and DESQview 386 simultaneously, each using
multiple virtual 86 tasks....

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