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 Message 21167 
 Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Charlie Gibbs 
 Re: OT: horrible 8086 segmentation 
 18 Dec 24 06:24:01 
 
INTL 3:770/1 3:770/3
REPLYADDR ldo@nz.invalid
REPLYTO 3:770/3.0 UUCP
MSGID:  a155fee7
REPLY:  45af3a80
PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:42:18 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> Intel put the "backward" in "backward compatible".

I recall the term “backward combatible” used to describe the feelings of
violence some people had towards the requirement for backward
compatibility with certain kinds of brain death ...

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