snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy) (02/10/88)
In article <12@obie.UUCP> wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) writes: >In article <9670@tekecs.TEK.COM>, snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy) writes: >> (a) The IBM-PC doesn't have memory management. (b) The hardware can be >> *destroyed* by software. Totally unacceptable. > Plus, the '286 DOES have memory management. > And now, with > '386 boxes in the < $2,000 range, Ahem. I wrote the "IBM-PC". The IBM-PC has an 8088, not a 80286. Computer types are supposed to pay attention to these little details. :-) Snoopy tektronix!doghouse.gwd!snoopy snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com "And it's a middle-endian machine, with trinary logic." "They would do that." ("they" refers to the M-company, not the I-company)