Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site okstate.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!okstate!kermit From: kermit@okstate.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Intel 286 microprocessor problems Message-ID: <20300017@okstate.UUCP> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 23:03:00 EST Article-I.D.: okstate.20300017 Posted: Sat Dec 8 23:03:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 03:21:40 EST References: <2672@cornell.UUCP> Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:cornell:-267200:okstate:20300017:000:407 Nf-From: okstate!kermit Dec 8 22:03:00 1984 [munch...munch...munch...] This past week, Thursday, December 6 to be exact, I was fortunate enough to talk with a INTeL salesman/spokesman. The word is that the 386 will operate in 2 modes. The first being segmented and compatible with the rest of the family, and the second being a direct access mode allowing non segmented operation throughout the addressing space. Gregg Wonderly