Hi.
 GM> CH> AFAIK the 80386 was the first processor to introduce hardware 
upport
 GM> for
 GM> CH> multi-tasking and task-switching. Care to say how the '286 
mplements
 GM> CH> this so-called 'hardware support'?
 GM> Oh it did. It was sooooo slow it was faster to use the hard-drive
 GM> to page tasks than use the internal hardware. The 386sx should
 GM> have been what the 286 was supposed to be. Ahem... You noticed
 GM> how short lived the 286 was?
'oh, it did' isn't exactly enough for me. Care to state in technical terms, 
perhaps quoting from manuals, how it is done?
Oh, and the 286 has a very long life - they're still bieng used in new 
designs today, usually as really 'brutal' dedicated micro's.
       Craig
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