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Re: Woody on 486 problem



John Hasler wrote:
Ron Johnson writes:

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.


There was no upward compatibility between the 8080 and the 8086.

There was a pseudo source compatibility. No object compatibility.

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