Re: OT: horrible 8086 segmentation

On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:37:02 +0100, Josef Möllers
<josef@invalid.invalid> 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."
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RoRo