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Re: Woody on 486 problem



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On 02/22/07 10:43, John Hasler wrote:
> Mike McCarty writes:
>> 8086 is 16 bit bus, 16 bit registers
> 
> But with a bizarre segmentation scheme and a 20 bit address bus able to
> address 1MB.

But back in the day, with the limited silicon budget, segmentation
is a great way for a 16 bit system (that wants to maintain upward
compatibility with the 8080/8085) to address more than 64KB.

The 68K was/is still a much better architecture.
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