malcolm (12/03/82)
#N:pur-ee:6700008:000:729 pur-ee!malcolm Dec 2 23:47:00 1982 I just now have gotten time to go through the Intel iAPX 286 data sheets. They actually mention a 386 processor several times. In each case they are describing a data structure that is used by the 286 for protection and they show a field that "Must be set to 0 for compatability with the iAPX 386." This is pretty interesting. I wonder if this means that the 386 will run 286 code???? This is the first time I have actually seen Intel mention this processor. It looks like they are going to continue making the same kinds of processors for a while. (I sure hope they get rid of those 64K segment limits.) Malcolm Slaney Purdue EE P.S. The iAPX 286 spec sheets are available for the asking from Intel.