[cctalk] Re: [SPAM] Re: what is on topic?

[Chris via cctalk]

 




On Friday, December 23, 2022, 01:54:57 AM EST, Chuck Guzis via cctalk 
<cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:


On 12/22/22 18:45, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:

> Shirley none of you are serious about a 32-bit (at least partially)
> operating system being able to execute on a 286 processor.
>
> You couldn't even run Windows 3.1 in Enhanced mode on a 286 processor.

Well, if you want to pedantic about it, you certainly could emulate a
32-bit processor on any reasonably Turing-equivalent processor, given
sufficient memory. It might be incredibly slow, but you could do it.

--Chuck

I was going to say assembly language texts and maybe even Intel docs give 
examples of substituting 2 or more instructions to replace a newer processors 
instructions, that the earlier one never heard of. Not sure if that's what Fred 
was talking about.

Who cares about W95/98. I want to see NT 4.0 running on PC Peanut.