-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF3deGS9HxQb37XmcRAreDAKCtXCaL6tHNAmWU3d/6oqKjyv02uQCcDbVk ZPY8wOXtH1M/VR+CY/k7uNs= =wyWS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
