Hi Craig,
On , Craig Hart wrote to Herman Schonfeld :
CH>  > The 286 (technically referred to as the 80286)
CH>  > larger physical memory, better memory management, and hardware support
CH>  > for multi-tasking and task-switching operations.
CH>
CH> AFAIK the 80386 was the first processor to introduce hardware support for
CH> multi-tasking and task-switching. Care to say how the '286 implements
CH> this so-called 'hardware support'?
Oh it did. It was sooooo slow it was faster to use the hard-drive to page
tasks than use the internal hardware. The 386sx should have been what
the 286 was supposed to be. Ahem... You noticed how short lived the 286
was?
g.
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