Pigeon writes: > I think the 286 extended the concept of far pointers somehow to extend > the addressing range to 16 megs and make it a bit more like a proper MMU, > but you were still limited to 64k blocks.
Sort of. The 286 had a truly brain-damaged segmentation scheme. It did run protected-mode Unix, but it was pretty whacked-out. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]