From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jody Subject: Re: BCC, ELKS 24 Bit addressing mode Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:17:30 -0500 Message-ID: <442380EA.5050807@nc.rr.com> References: <4422801D.2000006@sentvion.com> <4422EF6B.20804@gmail.com> <4422E782.1030302@sentvion.com> <20060323210950.G88845@agora.rdrop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20060323210950.G88845@agora.rdrop.com> Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Linux-8086 186 CPUs have various non-CPU functionality integrated into the chip itself, which is one reason it's popular in some embedded designs. Dan Olson wrote: >>> Basically you're working with a 286 that's been lobotmized down to a >>> 186 with the addressing features in place? >>> >>> >> yes, but I need to address 16 Mbytes of RAM so I need to use 24 bit >> addressing mode. > > > I hate to ask, but why bother with a 186 in the first place? As I > understand it, the only real difference (other than some hardware > integration) between the two is that the 286 has a 24 bit address > space....which you'd need if you're going to use 16M of RAM anyway. > > Dan > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >