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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



On Monday 15 March 2021 12:40:51 John Hasler wrote:

> 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.

But by then the amiga design was frozen until the funeral.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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