Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
Gene writes:
> No it wouldn't, and we had it by the late '80's with the advent of
> 68040 abd 68060 accellerator boards for the Amiga's. But that flat
> memory model and poor production QC doomed it. Any program could make
> a missfire and write into another programs memory space, crashing the
> whole Mary Ann.
Starting in '82 the 68010 added virtual memory and virtualization suport.
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John Hasler
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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