[COFF] [TUHS] man-page style

[gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor)]

On 11/17/2018 01:09 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> Sure. (Note that I'm not on COFF, so if anyone replies, please make sure 
> I'm CC'd directly.)

Thank you for the reply Noel.  I found this to be an interesting read. 
I occasionally bump into some Multicians and am always pleasantly 
surprised at how different their world is.

> The 386-Pentium actually had support for many segments, but I gather 
> they are in the process of deleting it in the latest machines because 
> nobody's using it. Which is a pity, because when done correctly (which 
> it was - Intel hired Paul Karger to architect it) it's just what you 
> need for a truly secure system (which Multics also had) - but that's 
> another long message.

If you're ever feeling bored and would like to share that story.  ():-)

Thank you again for typing the message and sending it to a mailing list 
that you're not subscribed to.  If we're ever in a pub together, I owe 
you a round.



-- 
Grant. . . .
unix || die

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