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Subject: Re: OT: horrible 8086 segmentation
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 13:57:01 +0000
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On 01/12/2024 13:29, Robert Roland wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:37:02 +0100, Josef Möllers
> <josef@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> And to consider that, at that time, processors like MC68000 or NS32016
>> were readily available.
> 
> At the time when the design decision was made, the Motorola 68000 was
> not ready for production.
> 
>  From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer :
> 
> "The 68000 was considered the best choice,[19] but was not
> production-ready like the others."

I also remember a zilog Z8000?


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