Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!mikel From: mikel@bmcg.UUCP (Mike Lesher) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: The 80386 is HERE! Message-ID: <1960@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 12:04:06 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1960 Posted: Thu Oct 24 12:04:06 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:24:37 EDT References: <7@i80386.UUCP> <328@graffiti.UUCP> Reply-To: mikel@bmcg.UUCP (Mike Lesher) Distribution: net Organization: Burroughs Corp. ASG, San Diego, CA. Lines: 16 In article <328@graffiti.UUCP> peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >> Yesterday, Intel officially introduced the 80386 microprocessor. Now, >> finally, we can all talk about it. > >Yes, infoworld had an article on it. I'm impressed. Finally, after 3 or 4 >iterations (8086, 186, 286, 386) intel has discovered that 64-K segments aren't >the way to go. Maybe this will convince Motorola and National to produce >some good cheap MMUs. mf{_ter all, if intel can learn, why can't they? Not only was it announced but we had one before the announcement. In our tests it seems that the chip worked as a 386 and not a 286 or 186 but we don't have it running with ROM or RAM yet, just a test fixture with single step. We should have an operational system using the chip at full speed near the start of the year. Mike Lesher