joelp

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I vaguely remember when the 386 came out, you could put the processor in protected mode, change the data segment register size to 32 bit, and when you changed back, you could use 32 bit offsets for data. I'm forgetting many details, been awhile!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice! I wonder if any Tandy 2000 has survived, also 80186 based.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of putting QNX on a Compaq IPAQ PDA around that time. Unix-like OS on a small device then felt amazing.