Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Brian Gregory Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: OT: horrible 8086 segmentation Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 03:26:11 +0000 Organization: https://www.Brian-Gregory.me.uk/ Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <2rookjduun8aj4rpokg4c952d8kr3rgrs4@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net i8GXSdUxe85yYHxsUfH0EA/9827XIo1AbeDKqEbU3MBNdnBinH Cancel-Lock: sha1:TQX5eOOPqJ9L66z/6u1cHOWJreg= sha256:GTL0CXtR09GzXZdPe/KEGzGPf6JraND6t4qLtRQWI98= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1509 On 18/12/2024 06:22, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Sun, 01 Dec 2024 15:11:05 +0000, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > >> The Natural Philosopher writes: >> >>> I also remember a zilog Z8000? >> >> Yes, although also with a segmented memory model. > > Its segmentation scheme made Intel x86 look good. Not that unusual. Compare to some of the Microchip PICs. Some have really bizarre bank switching arrangements and so on. -- Brian Gregory (in England).