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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to M. Anton Ertl   
   Re: MC88110 development history   
   28 Sep 25 00:23:26   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 21:29:58 GMT, M. Anton Ertl wrote:   
      
   > Data General also switched from 88K to the Pentium Pro.   
      
   The Pentium Pro was the one that gave great 32-bit performance, but   
   sacrificed 16-bit performance. Because Intel assumed that 16-bit code   
   would be on the way out by that point.   
      
   The DOS/Windows world said otherwise ...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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