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From: baum@Apple.COM (Allen J. Baum)
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Subject: Re: Inv. Page Table references wanted
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Date: 24 Feb 89 20:53:54 GMT
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>In article <6446@saturn.ucsc.edu> ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) writes:
>
>IBM has a booklet called "IBM RT Personal Computer Technology" (Form
>No. SA23-1057, whatever that means) that is a compilation of articles
>discussing various aspects of the IBM PC/RT (an IBM 801 derivative).
>
>There are several articles about the MMU.  One of them discusses the
>inverted page table scheme, though not in extreme detail.  

See also: [ I assume this is a patent number. --DL ]
4,638,426	FILED: Sep. 19, 1983 Granted : Jan. 20, 1987 Virtual
memory address translation mechanism with controlled data persistence

Lots of gory details.

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