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- From: john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.msdos
- Subject: Re: ISC VP/ix Question(s)
- Keywords: ISC Unix VP/ix
- Message-ID: <BrtnEE.4nH@jwt.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 03:08:37 GMT
- References: <BrGHIn.IMn@ernest.dseg.ti.com> <BrMC1u.88J@jwt.UUCP> <l6oo0lINN510@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>
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- In article <l6oo0lINN510@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> dlp@zule.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Pritchett - SunSoft Engineer) writes:
- >In article <BrMC1u.88J@jwt.UUCP>, john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:
- >|> *None* of them are 80286 emulators (at least on the 386), they are 8086
- >|> emulators.
- >
- >Well, not exactly. There are some non-protected mode instructions provided
- >by the 80286 that are not part of the 8086. Most of the emulators provide
- >the equivalent of an 80286 running in real mode
-
- Agreed, but there's a *big* difference between an "80286 real mode
- emulator" and an "80286 emulator," the latter being what VP/ix was
- claimed to be by a prior poster.
- --
- John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (jwt!john@peora.sdc.ccur.com)
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