Intel iAPX 386 Rumors - (nf)

[pur-ee!malcolm]

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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.