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- From: hardin@ee.ualberta.ca (Hardin Brett Arvid)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: KEEP ME FROM BUYING AN IBM!
- Message-ID: <hardin.728163822@ee.ualberta.ca>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:43:42 GMT
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- Memory protection can be done with hardware, I wonder if CBM has considered doing
- this? (Next computers do, and it doesn't slow them down)
- The 68000 has hardware support for memory protection, and I understand that
- the IBM chips do not.
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- (Programs that follow commodore's system rules cannot overrun other programs
- anyways, not without reallly trying)(
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- Some programmers really try unfortunately. Haven't had any problems with the
- newer software in this regard. BEWARE OF HACKS!!!
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