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Re: RAM size. [OT]



* Lamer (perlamer@netfront.net) spake thusly:
> > This would also (theoretically) lead to less power consumption and a
> > lower electric bill.  Pretty nice!  Say, does that HLT instruction
> > work on a i486 or only on newer CPUs?  I also seem to recall, back
> > when I was learning m68k assembly, that the halt instruction on there
> > shouldn't be used if you want to ever do any procesing again (without
> > a reboot).
> 
> however, i hate 68k assembly so much because i don't know how can i use a
> "complete text-mode" on an apple.. 

... which is precisely why decent schools use amigas to teach m68k assembly.

Dima
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