From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro [2025-09-28 00:23:26] wrote:   
   > 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 ...   
      
   Did it, really?  I mean, from a marketing point of view you're probably   
   right that it suffered, but my impression is that its performance was   
   great even in the DOS/Windows world for most of the programs where   
   performance mattered.  IOW, most of the programs for which its   
   performance was disappointing were programs where performance was not   
   particularly important.   
      
   Admittedly, I had no first-hand experience with Windows on those CPUs   
   (ran Redhat on those), so maybe I just missed the real problems?   
      
      
           Stefan   
      
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