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Subject: Re: Re: 386 Family Products (32K Breakpoint Registers)
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From the TARDIS of Mark Callow:
>J. R. (May the farce be with you) Stoner, Esq. writes
>> In actual fact National Semiconductor has removed the breakpointing registers
>> from the 32082 after CPU step K was released.
> 
>Wrong.
> 
>The latest 32032 CPU rev is H.

True, but the 320*16* CPU rev K was released some time ago.  I suspect that 
is what J. R. was referring to.  They made it to rev N on that part before
it more-or-less stabilized.

>                                The latest 32082 MMU rev is M.
>The errata (excuuse me, "User Information") sheet for the Rev M
>32082, dated 8th August 1985, says that "physical breakpoints
>cannot be used reliably".
> 
>However the part definitely still contains two breakpoint registers.

Much as the human body still contains a vermiform appendix.

						Baba