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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Bruce Evans' opus
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Date: 6 Jun 89 01:36:18 GMT
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Toy?  Not really.  The 80x86 are bad (especially x > 2).  The 80286 is just
brain damaged, not a toy really, just a labotomized chip.  The 8086 isn't bad
with LIM EMS 4.0.  You may regard the 80x86 family as a toy, and that is your
opinion, but just remember, there are those of us who can and have worked out
the brain damaged hardware.  Even the best Unix boxes have their problems, the
Unisys 7000 is a classic example with its brain damaged floating point
instructions.  So before you go harping on our 'toys', take a good look at
your own hardware first.  I have yet to see anything that is perfect when it
comes to hardware.
 
 JCA
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