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> > Everyone who writes about programming the Intel 286 says what a pain its segmented memory architecture was

> Actually this concerns more pre-80286 processors, since 80286 introduced virtual memory,

86 had segments, 286 added protected mode, 386 added virtual. I would agree, though, 286 wasn't as bad as people make it sound. In OS/2 1.x it was quite usable.



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