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   The Natural Philosopher to Robert Roland   
   Re: OT: horrible 8086 segmentation   
   01 Dec 24 13:57:01   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 01/12/2024 13:29, Robert Roland wrote:   
   > On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:37:02 +0100, Josef Möllers   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> And to consider that, at that time, processors like MC68000 or NS32016   
   >> were readily available.   
   >   
   > At the time when the design decision was made, the Motorola 68000 was   
   > not ready for production.   
   >   
   >  From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer :   
   >   
   > "The 68000 was considered the best choice,[19] but was not   
   > production-ready like the others."   
      
   I also remember a zilog Z8000?   
      
      
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